Wetherby’s concluding race may have been run in virtual darkness, but the Nicky Richards-trained Cornerback did her best to light up a grey afternoon at the North Yorkshire venue.

Ollie Pears was in jubilant mood after Own Line provided the former jockey with his first winner as a trainer at Wetherby.

Shay Barry is not worried about the prospect of good ground at Cheltenham tomorrow ahead of Justified’s run in the Letheby & Christopher Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

CHARLES BYRNES’ Rockstown Boy was much too good for Christy Roche’s The Boys In Green In the EBF Novice Hurdle at Tralee yesterday.