Polar Scout blazes trail as Johnson steps in for double

RICHARD JOHNSON came in for a double on Polar Scout and Versus at Folkestone yesterday when fellow jockey Noel Fehily failed to pass the course doctor.

Fehily contracted an infection in an ankle at the weekend and he has been on antibiotics since, so he had to give up the rides on the winning duo for his boss Charlie Mann.

He cheered on from ground level and said: “I hope to be back at Bangor tomorrow, touch wood, as I feel fine and drove the governor down here.”