Wilson up for the Cup

The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup has had some vociferous critics down the years but with the organisers settling on a format that seems to work, Ascot staged a tremendously successful renewal on Saturday.

A large ingredient of the success was the performance of leading Canadian female rider Emma-Jayne Wilson.

While she may have been pipped to the Silver Saddle by Olivier Peslier, with the Frenchman prevailing in the title of top jockey for the day by two points, the two winners she rode and her beaming smile lit up Berkshire.