Firebet succeeded where Harbinger and Urban Poet had so abjectly failed by building on his run in the Gordon Stakes with a win at Epsom on Bank Holiday Monday.

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.

Joe Jo Star sprung a 16-1 surprise in the feature toteswinger Swinton Handicap Hurdle on a mixed card at Haydock.

Ferdy Murphy is looking forward to having a crack at some decent handicaps with Divers after his

TIMEFORM and the official handicapper are at odds over the merit of Zarkava’s victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on Sunday.

The Queen today showed off her linguistic skills before filing a news report at the official opening of the new Reuters building in Canary Wharf, London.

HPI, Britain’s leading independent provider of vehicle information, has appointed a new managing director and finance director.

BUSINESS Studies student Andrew Lynch has a bright future ahead of him in racing if events at Epsom yesterday are anything to go by.

A Middlesbrough fan who had his season ticket confiscated after falling asleep while drunk at the Riverside Stadium was today urging the club to return the ticket.

A Middlesbrough fan who had his season ticket confiscated at the first home game of the season for allegedly being drunk had simply fallen asleep towards the end of his team’s drubbing by Arsenal, a court heard today.