A man who set sail from South Carolina two months ago was rescued on the overturned hull of his sailboat 320km off the coast of North Carolina.

Connections of Kate’s Gift had their patience rewarded when the once seriously-injured gelding opened his account over fences at Leicester.

Conditional rider Aidan Coleman was the jockey in form at Leicester with a 9-1 double on Ours and Latanier.

TONY McCOY wowed the packed Towcester crowds with a short-priced treble as the racecourse opened its doors for the first time in 18 months yesterday.