More Derby joy for Trevor Breen

Tipperary rider Trevor Breen won the Hickstead Derby for the second year in a row yesterday, describing it as “surreal”, after posting the only clear round from 37 starters.

In doing so, his mount Loughnatousa WB became the first horse in the prestigious competition’s 54-year history to win it twice with two different riders.

In 2012, Waterford rider Paul Beecher, who produced the horse from his early years, took the title with the now 16-year-old chestnut gelding.