Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer Peter Beaumont broke new ground when Golden Groom gave him his first success on the Flat under rules in the Bishopton Handicap at Ripon.

It was a case of so near, but yet so far for connections of the gambled-on Musical Bridge at Bath.

Gull Wing will dip her toe into Group company later this month with an outing in Ascot after taking the Weatherbys Bank “Further Flight” Stakes at Nottingham.

It is not often Wolverhampton takes centre-stage but Dunstall Park is certainly the focal point tomorrow by staging the richest race of the day.

Seb Sanders refused to admit defeat in the duel for the jockeys’ championship after riding a short-priced treble at Catterick.