Mikibequick (6) and Brad Hewitt hold on to narrowly win Waratah Heat at Goulburn. Photo by Lance Fearne Photography
Scott Hewitt nailed his 200th training success with Mikibequick at the Goulburn Paceway on September 2, and then the promising brown gelding repeated the dose on the same track last Tuesday (September 16) giving the Goulburn horseman his 202nd career triumph.
Hewitt’s older brother, Brad, did the driving on both occasions.
“Brad gets on really well with the horse, so I left him on. I’m working about 24 at the moment and the way he’s going, he’s not too far behind Zenxena as the best of the them. I’ve had her since she was 2-year-old, but this fella has taken a while to work out. Now though, I think this fella is definitely a Saturday metropolitan horse in the making,” Crookwell-based Hewitt said.
On the opening day of the 2025-2026 Goulburn Harness Racing season Mikibequick won by 5.3 metres as the $2.25 favourite. That day he posted a 1:56.6 mile-rate from gate seven for the 1,710m mobile. Last week, from barrier six, he was again the favourite ($2) and this time got home by half-a-head in 1:56.8 in a heat of the Club Menangle sponsored Waratah Series.
The 5-year-old son of Always B Miki, who is owned by Matt Nagle and Jack Picker, has now won seven of his 43 starts and placed in 13 others for $50,295 in stakes.
The Nagle-bred gelding, who won as a $1.75 favourite on debut at Wagga Wagga on January 31, 2023 has only had five starts this season, and has now won three of them. He recorded his 1:55.1 personal best mile-rate at Albion Park in Brisbane last October.
Out of the former Dennis Picker owned and trained Sailing Sovereign, herself a winner of 8 races, Mikibequick is a half to the well performed Smooth Sailor ($174,489), the now deceased Indys Approval ($19,163), One Horn Billy ($59,853), Sailor Girl ($88,291), and Slick Sailor ($5,568).
“He’s taken a while to come to it and for me to work him out. He was a bit immature in the head, and early on he could do a few things wrong. I gave him to my cousin, Doug (Hewitt) to train in May last year, and then he raced well up there in Queensland before I brought him back home at the end of 2024.” said Hewitt.
“I told the owners I thought he would do a good job back in New South Wales. They have been very patient with him and I’m grateful for the support they have shown me. The experience up north did him the world of good and I’m also grateful for the work Doug put into him,” Hewitt added.
Mikibequick with Matt Nagle & trainer Scott Hewitt
“Mikibequick resumed from nine-month spell in early August and has had five runs this campaign for a second, a fourth and three wins,” the 33-year-old Crookwell horseman added further.
Hewitt trainees have placed five times in Group Three events and twice in Listed races. In the sulky Hewitt drove Redbank Cooper to dead-heat the 2019 Group Three Canola Cup Final at Eugowra.
His best horses over the years have been Guilty Party, Zenxena, Astral Stride, Mikibequick, Raging Sea, Farfalla Stride, Deecaesar, and Arma Naughty.
Hewitt’s 202 training victories this season is 34 shy of his 236 in the sulky. That’s understandable considering he had first drive in the 2008-2009 season, and then got his trainer’s licence eight years later in 2016-2017.
His 202 training triumphs has come from 1,508 starts. He’s also conditioned 371 place-getters and netted $1.61 million in career stakes. He’s trained 22 winners this season, just 28 less than his personal best 50 achieved in the 2023 season.
In the bike, Hewitt’s 236 victories have come from 2,559 starts. He’s also placed 558 times and banked $1.69 in purses.
“I’ve had some great times in the sport. Dead-heating the Canola Cup Final was pretty special because my twin brother Sam trained him. I’ll always remember that and my first training and driving wins,” Hewitt said.
He saluted the judge for the first time behind the David Hewitt trained Cullens Princess at Young on February 13, 2009.
Then nearly seven years later Hewitt’s brown and white silks lit up the tote board for the first time at Wagga on 14 October 2016 when Verdot was victorious.
“It’s a busy life with horses and sheep, and family taking priority over it all, but I’d have it no other way,” he said.
Hewitt and his wife Bryanna have two children Charlie (6) and Jack (3). They relocated from Goulburn to Hewitt’s grandparent’s (Tom and Angela) family farm at Lost River via Crookwell just on a decade ago.
“I lived in Crookwell up until I was 12 and then we moved to Goulburn before returning back to the family’s foundation farm about 10 years ago. It’s quite an honour to be here because before my grandparents moved onto the property 63-plus years ago it was just an empty 200-acre block.
“They put a lot of work into the farm and all their family were all raised on the property. I’ve worked with sheep and horses most of my life. It’s not a large-scale operation, but Dad and I would own between 300 and 400 cross-bred ewes, and producing about 300 to 400 lambs a year between us.
“We also work our horses and breed a couple each year. I’ve learnt a great deal in life from my parents. Dad taught me all the intricacies of animal welfare and I owe him a lot,” Hewitt said.
Hewitt is the son of Maree and Goulburn horseman, David Hewitt. He has an older brother Brad, and a twin brother, Sam. The youngest is their sister Jessica.
“We’ve always loved racing and winning. We are quite a competitive family. I remember when Sam and I started out at the same time the competition was fierce, but not so much now that we’ve become more established in our jobs,” Hewitt said.
However, he steeped the biggest praise on his wife, who is also a wool classer.
“Not only has Bree given me two beautiful sons, but she’s more than a Mum and a great wife. Bree also does all the crap work at the stable.
“She never minds jogging them up and is just getting back into it after suffering from ankle reconstruction. She’s the complete wife. We have so much in common and both want to make harness racing work for us. I would not be where I am today without Bree,” Hewitt stressed.
The former Goulburn High School student said he was always destined for a harness racing career, because he was sporty and loved the thrill of winning.
Post Script: Guilty Party provides Scott Hewitt with his 203rd career win scoring a narrow half head victory in the $20,400 Farmer Joes Outlet Pace at Tabcorp Park Menangle on Saturday night (20 Sept 2025)
