JOHN Gosden’s Private Joke looks a cut above his rivals in the More Live Football Betting At totesport.com Handicap at Wolverhampton today.

Punters placed their faith in the rock-solid combination of Frankie Dettori and Mark Johnston as St Moritz became the first successful favourite in the 32Red Trophy at Newmarket since 2003.

Tom Dascombe has endured both highs and lows this year but the rising star of the training ranks is signing off 2008 in electric form and claimed the first treble of his career at Lingfield.

Richard Fahey reached a first-time century of Flat winners in a season when Trumpstoo won the EBF/UTS Maiden Stakes at Newcastle.

Clowance's half-sister Club Tahiti was the one to stand out on a quiet but nonetheless informative afternoon of maiden races at Newbury.

Trainer Roger Ingram and jockey Robert Havlin will have left Brighton on Wednesday with rather different memories following the bet365 Best Odds Guaranteed On Every Race Handicap.

Emily Jones timed her challenge to perfection on board Bienheureux to land the Countryside Day Ladies’ Handicap by a length at Newmarket.

Sixties Icon drops back to a mile and a quarter for the first time in two years for the Letheby & Christopher Festival Stakes at Goodwood on Thursday.

Brighton’s EBF Newhaven To Le Havre On Transmanche Ferries Maiden Stakes has been landed by some decent future performers in its various guises over the years and this year’s winner Smokey Storm will soon be stepped up in grade too.

Protector, ninth in the Stewards’ Cup, has joined Alain de Royer-Dupre’s yard to embark upon a stint in France.

Kieren Fallon flew in to partner one of his favourite horses, Cover Up, to a last-gasp victory in the Group Three Hesmonds Stud Sagaro Stakes at Lingfield.

Gay Kelleway hopes to run Vortex in tomorrow’s Countrywide Steel & Tubes Hopeful Stakes at Newmarket before taking her stable star to Canada.

Kieren Fallon has been snapped up for the ride on Resplendent One in tomorrow’s Stanleybet Lincoln after his intended mount Zero Tolerance was ruled out of the big Doncaster handicap.

THE Aidan O’Brien-trained Powerscourt and Clive Brittain’s veteran Warrsan, a dual Group One winner this year, spearhead a strong European challenge for next week’s Japan Cup in Tokyo.

Gay Kelleway has snapped up Frankie Dettori for Vortex in the totesport International Stakes at Ascot tomorrow.

Dermot Weld’s Evolving Tactics will shoulder top-weight in the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot on Wednesday.

Astrac put up a gallant effort to take second place at Chepstow this evening as he made history by becoming the first horse to run at every British venue that stages Flat racing.

Paul Blockley claimed the all-weather trainers’ championship on the final day of the season at Lingfield.

IRISH permit holder Ger Farrell was fined a total of £1,150 by the Jockey Club’s disciplinary panel yesterday after an inquiry into events surrounding the running of Precious Music at Doncaster nearly a year ago.

Young Devereaux can make up for lost time with victory in the £120,000 (€183,000) Victor Chandler Chase over two miles at Ascot tomorrow.

Pat Eddery makes his first visit of the winter to Wolverhampton today determined to ride the one winner he needs on the last day of the year to give him a 28th domestic century.

PAT EDDERY makes his first visit of the winter to Wolverhampton today determined to ride the one winner he needs on the last day of the year to give him a 28th domestic century.