Pre-race talk at Lingfield yesterday had all concerned the development of another eyecatching all-weather gamble but it was rendered insignificant after the shocking fall suffered by Martin Harley.

North Yorkshire trainer-jockey Ann Stokell is not afraid to travel far and wide in search of success but needed only a short drive from her yard to get back among the winners as she partnered Lord Mayfair to victory at Catterick.

Robert Winston is considering lodging an appeal against the five-day ban he was handed at Kempton that rules him out of the important Craven Meeting.