Tragic end for jump racing’s Best Mate

A BITTER DAY, in every sense of the word.

But in racing, as in all walks of life, the wheel rarely stops turning for long and it was in the winner’s enclosure that Henrietta Knight, Best Mate’s trainer, was able to pay her tributes to the departed champion.

For 30 minutes after the tragic death of her pride and joy, Knight and husband Terry Biddlecombe were welcoming home a potential star of the future, Racing Demon, after his success in the following novice chase.