Jockey Neil Callan is in top form at present and he made it nine winners in the past seven days when completing a near 10-1 double on Rio Taffeta and Bahamian Ballet at Catterick.

Len Lungo’s decision to switch Cloudmor back to the hurdling game paid off when the five-year-old ran out a decisive winner of the Newcastle Breweries Classified Hurdle.

Classy Flat performer Percussionist appears to have found his niche in the winter game after leaving a disappointing hurdling campaign behind with an impressive first run over fences in the bet365 Beginners' Chase at Wetherby.

I WISH to congratulate Tony Humphreys (Feelgood, Irish Examiner, August 4) and Asta Engebretsen (Irish Examiner letters, August 11) for their very important contributions to a more enlightened approach to mental health issues.

Canavan, carrying the colours made famous on the Flat by such stars as Halmahera and Amadeus Wolf, gave owner John Duddy more cause for celebration with victory in the Camerons Brewery Maiden Chase at Sedgefield.

Wild Cane Ridge looked a classy recruit to the novice chasing ranks with his impressive debut victory over fences at Newcastle on Friday.

Liverpool supporters Karl Burke and Franny Norton had more cause for celebration when the trainer and jockey teamed up successfully with City For Conquest in the Stapleton Maiden Auction Fillies’ Stakes at Catterick today.