Manchester United defender Patrice Evra and Chelsea groundsman Sam Bethell have both denied the charges levelled against them by the Football Association over their part in the row at Stamford Bridge last season.

CHELSEA have reacted with fury to an FA racism charge levelled against groundsman Steve Bethell.

Manchester United defender Patrice Evra and Chelsea groundsman Sam Bethell have been charged by the Football Association.

James Bethell is aiming to pick up a Group race with his old warrior Mine after the nine-year-old’s last-to-first victory in the Bank Of Scotland Corporate Stakes at Haydock.

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James Bethell is to switch Mine – for whom the Haydock ground would have been too testing at the weekend – to the next meeting at the Merseyside course on Thursday.

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.

Local owner Graham Povey realised one of his lifetime ambitions when Flying Key, the first horse to carry his colours, won the Bryn Thomas Crane Hire Nursery at Chester today.

There was a shock for punters in the Cheshire County Council Foster Care EBF Maiden Stakes, as James Bethell's 25-1 chance Stainley just got the verdict in a tight finish.

Mine, trained by James Bethell and ridden by Richard Quinn, has won the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot.

It was truly Classic weekend at the Curragh with Attraction making history on Sunday by becoming the first filly to land the English and Irish 1000 Guineas.

Scotland The Brave may raid Royal Ascot after justifying stable confidence with a clear-cut success on her racecourse debut in the Manny Bernstein Pay Double Result Fillies’ Handicap at Redcar.