Cult jumper Hewick has received international recognition after the £800 racehorse was named champion steeplechaser in the United States.
His trainer John ‘Shark’ Hanlon hailed “the biggest night of my life” after an evening of celebrations at the glitzy annual Eclipse Awards held in Palm Beach, Florida.
Hewick, trained at Bagenalstown in Co Carlow, Ireland, crossed the Atlantic in October last year to win the America’s Grand National at Far Hills taking his career earnings to nearly £400,000.