Willie Muir had to send Nemo Spirit on a 400-mile round trip to find suitable ground but the journey paid off as he put up a brave front-running performance to win the £17,000 (€19,950) Blue Square Stakes under William Buick at York.

David Nicholls has his team in good form and he wasted no time in adding to his score when Falasteen gained a convincing success in the opening Acturis EBF Maiden Stakes at York.

King Supreme orchestrated the perfect moment to curtail a long run of seconds and thirds with victory in the £20,000 totesport.com Brighton Challenge Cup.

Kahlua Kiss romped away with the opening race at York to the delight to a large proportion of the Knavesmire crowd, who cheered her home.

Eddie Ahern experienced a topsy-turvy day at Bath where he incurred an eight-day suspension under the Jockey Club’s totting-up system only to make the best of a spare ride on Bold Diktator.