Peter Beaumont received a welcome tonic when Cloudless Dawn ran away with the opening race on Yorkshire Post day at Doncaster.

CONNECTIONS of Davids Lad will have their appeal heard at the Irish Turf Club next Monday at 3pm as they bid to overturn a punishment that would rule their horse out of the Martell Cognac Grand National.

Paul Nicholls edged closer to his best seasonal total of 110 after reaching the 82-winner mark with Devon View at Leicester.