The hugely popular John 'Shark' Hanlon trained Hewick had his last race in Cork on Friday evening 

Paddy Hanlon has grown up with Hewick and is now set to ride him in a Grade 1 at Cheltenham today

It was his 12th win of his storied career, and a second with jockey Paddy Hanlon on board

Paddy Hanlon will link up with champion trainer Nicky Henderson as a conditional jockey at the start of October

The fairytale story of the bargain wonder horse Hewick had another heartwarming chapter added to it when Paddy Hanlon rode him to victory in the Jimmy Neville Memorial Hurdle at Thurles last Saturday.