Beverley Hewitt
Article by Chris Pitt
Article by Chris Pitt
Beverley Hewitt was born in 1948 and served his apprenticeship with Reg Hollinshead at Upper Longdon, near Rugeley, Staffordshire. He was there at the same time as another member of the Hollinshead apprentice academy, Michael Hewitt. Although their surname was the same and they had known each other all their lives, they were not related.
Beverley Hewitt was born in 1948 and served his apprenticeship with Reg Hollinshead at Upper Longdon, near Rugeley, Staffordshire. He was there at the same time as another member of the Hollinshead apprentice academy, Michael Hewitt. Although their surname was the same and they had known each other all their lives, they were not related.
Beverley was the more successful of the two, riding ten winners, the first of them being a highly appropriate one on Ledsam Lad, owned by the then Lord Mayor of Birmingham Dr Louis Glass, at the owner’s local course, Birmingham, on Monday, July 27, 1964.
Beverley was the more successful of the two, riding ten winners, the first of them being a highly appropriate one on Ledsam Lad, owned by the then Lord Mayor of Birmingham Dr Louis Glass, at the owner’s local course, Birmingham, on Monday, July 27, 1964.
He rode his second winner just seven days later on the juvenile filly Christabella in a Wolverhampton nursery.
He rode his second winner just seven days later on the juvenile filly Christabella in a Wolverhampton nursery.
In September he won a Ripon nursery on Nimble Gate and a Leicester seller on Fille Noir to give him a total of four for the season.
In September he won a Ripon nursery on Nimble Gate and a Leicester seller on Fille Noir to give him a total of four for the season.
He rode four more the following season, comprising a second success on Fille Noir, a Newmarket apprentices’ race on Malstar, and a brace of three-year-old handicaps on Footpath.
He rode four more the following season, comprising a second success on Fille Noir, a Newmarket apprentices’ race on Malstar, and a brace of three-year-old handicaps on Footpath.
In 1966 he rode just two winners, both of them for Reg Hollinshead, on Footpath at Beverley and Trilla in a fillies’ maiden at Stockton. Those were to be his last winners because by that time, aged 18, he was getting heavy and a career in the National Hunt sphere beckoned.
In 1966 he rode just two winners, both of them for Reg Hollinshead, on Footpath at Beverley and Trilla in a fillies’ maiden at Stockton. Those were to be his last winners because by that time, aged 18, he was getting heavy and a career in the National Hunt sphere beckoned.
He took out a jump jockey’s licence in 1967 and had a few rides over hurdles but without success. Under the rules then in place, that made him ineligible to claim an allowance on the Flat, so he rode for one season (1967) as a fully-fledged jockey weighing 8st 6lb, again without riding a winner.
He took out a jump jockey’s licence in 1967 and had a few rides over hurdles but without success. Under the rules then in place, that made him ineligible to claim an allowance on the Flat, so he rode for one season (1967) as a fully-fledged jockey weighing 8st 6lb, again without riding a winner.
Beverley continued to ride a few of Reg Hollinshead hurdlers until 1970 but was unable to break his duck over jumps before relinquishing his licence.
Beverley continued to ride a few of Reg Hollinshead hurdlers until 1970 but was unable to break his duck over jumps before relinquishing his licence.
Beverley Hewitt’s winners were, in chronological order:
Beverley Hewitt’s winners were, in chronological order:
1. Ledsam Lad, Birmingham, July 27, 1964
1. Ledsam Lad, Birmingham, July 27, 1964
2. Christabella, Wolverhampton, August 3, 1964
2. Christabella, Wolverhampton, August 3, 1964
3. Nimble Gate, Ripon, September 12, 1964
3. Nimble Gate, Ripon, September 12, 1964
4. Fille Noir, Leicester, September 21, 1964
4. Fille Noir, Leicester, September 21, 1964
5. Fille Noir, Birmingham, April 20, 1965
5. Fille Noir, Birmingham, April 20, 1965
6. Footpath, Nottingham, April 26, 1965
6. Footpath, Nottingham, April 26, 1965
7. Malstar, Newmarket, July 7, 1965
7. Malstar, Newmarket, July 7, 1965
8. Footpath, Doncaster, July 14, 1965
8. Footpath, Doncaster, July 14, 1965
9. Footpath, Beverley, April 29, 1966
9. Footpath, Beverley, April 29, 1966
