Macdillon weaved together a number of coincidences to complete an unforgettable afternoon for his trainer Stuart Kittow at Sandown.

Slavonic Lake defied relative hurdling inexperience and a price tag of 40-1 when taking the opening St. John Ambulance “Caring For Life” Handicap Hurdle at Wetherby.

Seb Sanders and Jamie Spencer head into the penultimate day of the Flat turf season tied on 187 winners apiece.

Manassas was diverted from a Group engagement this weekend to a much easier assignment at Yarmouth and those who took the tip were rewarded as the juvenile powered home as the 5-2 joint-favourite.

Robbie Egan arrived in Britain a fortnight ago with the endorsement of none other than Kieren Fallon and certainly did his career no harm with his first success in this country at Lingfield.

Croon dealt former trainer Luca Cumani a cruel blow when denying the Newmarket handler’s Mandatum in the Arena Leisure plc Handicap at Lingfield.

Ryan Moore took the riding honours at Kempton when employing waiting tactics to notch up a 155-1 double on Turner’s Touch and the unfancied Ma’am.

Merseyside trainer Peter Grayson and jockey Robbie Fitzpatrick took the honours at Lingfield with a notable 34-1 double.

Basra International Airport today welcomed its first fare-paying passengers since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

Oil and gas engineer John Wood Group today said it was confident of resuming “acceptable” growth next year after half-year profits slumped.

FRANKIE DETTORI and Kieren Fallon have a triple incentive to get among the winners in the Blue Square Shergar Cup at Ascot today.

JIMMY FORTUNE will have to wait until today to learn the full extent of the back problem that caused him to collapse at the Curragh on Sunday.

College Queen maintained Steve Gollings’s 100% record at Folkestone by winning the Eastwell Manor Fillies Handicap for the second year running.

Trainer Clive Cox plans to test Lago d’Orta in better company after the colt landed his fourth prize of the season in the Paul Kelleway Memorial Classified Stakes at Lingfield on Wednesday.