Career
Stevens began his riding career at the age of 16 or 17. He rode Hardwick to victory in the Grand Annual steeple chase at Wolverhampton in 1851. He rode 5 Grand National winners: Freetrader, 1856.
Emblem 1863.
Emblematic, 1864. The Colonel, 1869, 1870. He died on June 2, 1871 after suffering a skull fracture the previous day.
His horse stumbled and threw him after bolting as Stevens was quietly riding home to his cottage on Cleeve Hill.
