Hewick

What makes Hewick genuinely special is where he has done his winning. Three of his eight career victories have come in Class 1 races — the very top tier of British racing — including back-to-back wins at Sandown Park in April 2022 and April 2023, and a Boxing Day win at Kempton in December 2023. Winning once at that level takes talent. Winning three times, across three different years, at two different prestige venues, suggests a horse who saves something extra for the biggest days. Sandown twice in consecutive years is not a coincidence; it starts to look like a horse who simply loves a stage.

His record on normal ground is almost freakish: 6 wins from just 9 races, meaning he wins two out of every three times conditions are in his favour. That 67% win rate on good ground is the kind of number that makes trainers check the weather forecast obsessively. When the ground is right, this horse is dangerous.

At the age of 11, Hewick is still active and still winning — his most recent victory came at Thurles in October 2025, just five months ago. John Joseph Hanlon's yard in Co Carlow has sent out 12 winners already this season, so this is not a quiet operation, and Hewick remains part of a genuinely busy and productive team. Jockey Jordan Gainford has partnered him 12 times and won on 3 of those occasions — winning 1 in every 4 rides together, which is a solid record at this level.

His last six runs read 7-5-4-1-8-1, so the form is a little up and down, as you might expect from an older horse competing consistently at the highest level. But two wins in his last six races, with a race just 17 days ago, tells you he is still here, still competing, and very much not done yet.