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Keith Davies
Keith Davies
Article by Alan Trout
Article by Alan Trout
Keith Davies had some 50 rides during the 1993/94 National Hunt season and won three races.
Keith Davies had some 50 rides during the 1993/94 National Hunt season and won three races.
A conditional jockey with Richard Fahey, he had his first victory at Wetherby on January 13, when Concert Paper led all the way and came home 25 lengths clear at the end of the Wike Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Chase. Keith’s previous start on the ten-year-old had ended with him slipping up, so a change of fortune was welcome. Keith kept the ride and was placed twice from six starts.
A conditional jockey with Richard Fahey, he had his first victory at Wetherby on January 13, when Concert Paper led all the way and came home 25 lengths clear at the end of the Wike Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Chase. Keith’s previous start on the ten-year-old had ended with him slipping up, so a change of fortune was welcome. Keith kept the ride and was placed twice from six starts.
It was at Nottingham in February that he scored again when Scarba took the lead at the third last flight and, despite wandering at the next, held on to win the Plumtree Novices’ Handicap Hurdle by two and a half lengths.
It was at Nottingham in February that he scored again when Scarba took the lead at the third last flight and, despite wandering at the next, held on to win the Plumtree Novices’ Handicap Hurdle by two and a half lengths.
Following an unplaced effort at Doncaster in March, Keith and Scarba came good for a second time when raking the lead at the last flight in the Coastley Novices’ Hurdle at Hexham on March 17. They were headed on the flat by John Burke on Volunteer Point but fought back to win by a neck.
Following an unplaced effort at Doncaster in March, Keith and Scarba came good for a second time when raking the lead at the last flight in the Coastley Novices’ Hurdle at Hexham on March 17. They were headed on the flat by John Burke on Volunteer Point but fought back to win by a neck.
Derek Byrne then took over in the saddle, and when Keith resumed the partnership the following season they were unplaced in two starts.
Derek Byrne then took over in the saddle, and when Keith resumed the partnership the following season they were unplaced in two starts.
Keith Davies’ winners were, in chronological order:
Keith Davies’ winners were, in chronological order:
1. Concert Paper, Wetherby, January 13, 1994
1. Concert Paper, Wetherby, January 13, 1994
2. Scarba, Nottingham, February 1, 1994
2. Scarba, Nottingham, February 1, 1994
3. Scarba, Hexham, March 17, 1994
3. Scarba, Hexham, March 17, 1994
Keith Davies' first winner: Concert Paper, Wetherby, January 13, 1994
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