Best One does not win too often but he finally enjoyed his first success of the year thanks to a canny ride from Chris Catlin at Brighton.

Southwell's moderate all-weather fare was enlivened by the exploits of Mingun Bell, who now looks destined for far loftier assignments.

John Gosden bolstered an impressive strike-rate at Brighton when Green Beret landed the feature race at the first meeting of the season.

Chris Catlin is in a far stronger position than Jamie Spencer in the battle to be all-weather champion jockey and pulled three clear of his rival with a sole success at Lingfield today.

Owner Mark Bloomfield enjoyed a belated birthday present as Billion Dollar Kid scored first time out for Ron Harris in the toteswinger Brighton Rocket Handicap.

Sophie Doyle has struck up a good partnership with Croeso Bach and the pair finally got off the mark in the Join BetfairClub ROA Handicap at Brighton.

There was drama at Southwell after four jockeys in the Great Family Holiday Deals pontins.com Handicap failed to stop after a false start had been signalled.

Falling foul of the stewards is usually met with huge disappointment by offending jockeys – yet Paul Mulrennan, Dale Gibson and Hayley Turner are unlikely to be too upset following their respective brushes with authority at Southwell.

Green Manalishi cashed in on the late arrival of summer with a gutsy triumph in the feature race at Chester.

amarinskaya upstaged her better-fancied stable companion Beauty Bright to take the Dimitrova 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes at Leopardstown.

KAVI provided further backing for Simon Earle’s policy of running his horses without shoes when successful at Wolverhampton yesterday.

Chris Catlin picked up a two-day ban at Newcastle today after being found guilty of causing interference and failing to take the appropriate action in the Putter and Flutter Handicap.

IT IS ironic that a word as cumbersome as tetrahydrogestrinone should be the name of a drug so easy to digest.

AMERICAN anti-doping chiefs revealed last night that a new anabolic steroid, which up until now has escaped all known doping controls, has been found in the test samples of several American athletes.

Keith Dalgleish, who rode Yavana’s Pace into third place in the Grade One Canadian International at Woodbine, Toronto, last night jetted back to his native Scotland and took the riding honours with a 19-1 treble at Hamilton today.