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.

Godolphin’s Stage Gift is making a habit of being cast as the stable second string but it has not stopped him picking up two valuable contests this season.

Frankie Dettori ended his search for success when Gavroche landed a gamble in the toteplacepot Handicap in front of a bumper Bank Holiday crowd at Epsom.

BARTON will try to redeem his reputation next week at Aintree where he has recorded two of his most important victories.

Cheltenham Gold Cup winning trainer Jimmy FitzGerald sends out his last runners from his Malton base this week before handing over the reins to his son, Tim.

Hopefully the weather will relent sufficiently for Haydock Park to stage the Betdirect Peter Marsh Chase next Saturday, a three-mile event which often supplies a high-class winner and has in the past proved a good trial for the top prizes later in the season.

Curragh-based Dermot Weld was named International Trainer at a glittering ceremony in London today.