Leicester ‘lunatic’ banned for life

Officials at Leicester hope the frightening incident on Saturday evening when a spectator got onto the track was simply a freak one-off.

Inside the final half-furlong of the Cream Gorse Handicap, the penultimate race on the card, a man in a shirt and jeans ran onto the course in an attempt to race against the horses but luckily he was avoided by the field.

The spectator was immediately ejected.