Hywel Davies is a retired Welsh professional National Hunt jockey.
[1][2] Davies is a Welsh speaker and didn't speak English until he was 7 years of age.
Davies was the retained jockey for Tim Forster for 8 years at his Letcombe Bassett stables near Lambourn in Berkshire.
[1] He became a freelance jockey and rode for several other trainers like Josh Gifford and Nicky Henderson.
His current partner is Vikki Dunn, who is a co-founder of The Farm Group a post-production television company.