John Neaves
John Neaves
Article by Alan Trout
Article by Alan Trout
John Paul Neaves rode as a conditional jockey for trainer Bill Turner and won six races over hurdles, starting at Warwick on December 11, 1989, when 25-1 shot Cadford Girl recorded a comfortable victory in the Hoechst Panacur E.B.F. Novices’ Hurdle Qualifier, beating Mrs Pepperpot by eight lengths.
John Paul Neaves rode as a conditional jockey for trainer Bill Turner and won six races over hurdles, starting at Warwick on December 11, 1989, when 25-1 shot Cadford Girl recorded a comfortable victory in the Hoechst Panacur E.B.F. Novices’ Hurdle Qualifier, beating Mrs Pepperpot by eight lengths.
They proved their Warwick success was no fluke when following up in the Higher Humber Novices’ Handicap Hurdle at Newton Abbot on Boxing Day, although on that occasion it was only by three-quarters of a length that they held off the challenge of Captain Ahab. John had his third win of the season on May 7, 1990, when the five-year-old Champagne Run was driven out to land the Fontwell Handicap Hurdle at that Sussex venue.
They proved their Warwick success was no fluke when following up in the Higher Humber Novices’ Handicap Hurdle at Newton Abbot on Boxing Day, although on that occasion it was only by three-quarters of a length that they held off the challenge of Captain Ahab. John had his third win of the season on May 7, 1990, when the five-year-old Champagne Run was driven out to land the Fontwell Handicap Hurdle at that Sussex venue.
He made a bright start to the following season when Champagne Run obliged again, this time in the Whitbread Best Bitter Challenge Trophy, a conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle, at Devon & Exeter on August 8, but despite having more than 50 rides during the remainder of that campaign he managed only one further success. That came when Benoit scored by 30 lengths in the Westomatic Novices’ Handicap Hurdle at Newton Abbot in May.
He made a bright start to the following season when Champagne Run obliged again, this time in the Whitbread Best Bitter Challenge Trophy, a conditional jockeys’ handicap hurdle, at Devon & Exeter on August 8, but despite having more than 50 rides during the remainder of that campaign he managed only one further success. That came when Benoit scored by 30 lengths in the Westomatic Novices’ Handicap Hurdle at Newton Abbot in May.
Taunton was the scene of his final win when the seven-year-old Carbonate ran on too strongly for his dozen rivals and took the Levy Board January Handicap Hurdle on the 16th of that month in 1992, scoring by two lengths. He continued to hold a licence until the 1995/96 season but no more success came his way.
Taunton was the scene of his final win when the seven-year-old Carbonate ran on too strongly for his dozen rivals and took the Levy Board January Handicap Hurdle on the 16th of that month in 1992, scoring by two lengths. He continued to hold a licence until the 1995/96 season but no more success came his way.
John Neaves’ winners were, in chronological order:
John Neaves’ winners were, in chronological order:
1. Cadford Girl, Warwick, December 11, 1989
1. Cadford Girl, Warwick, December 11, 1989
2. Cadford Girl, Newton Abbot, December 26, 1989
2. Cadford Girl, Newton Abbot, December 26, 1989
3. Champagne Run, Fontwell Park, May 7, 1990
3. Champagne Run, Fontwell Park, May 7, 1990
4. Champagne Run, Devon & Exeter, August 8, 1990
4. Champagne Run, Devon & Exeter, August 8, 1990
5. Benoit, Newton Abbot, May 14, 1991
5. Benoit, Newton Abbot, May 14, 1991
6. Carbonate, Taunton, January 16, 1992
6. Carbonate, Taunton, January 16, 1992
