Ian Semple looks like bowing out in a blaze of glory as his training career comes to an end.

Henry Cecil landed a near 9-1 double from his two runners at Redcar to take his score for the season to 25.

Newcastle’s three-day Northumberland Plate meeting got underway with a success for Tim Easterby as Charlie Tipple showed the way home in the Nexent Maiden Auction Stakes.