No record winner for Richard Fahey after Lingfield blank

Richard Fahey just failed to better retired trainer Richard Hannon senior’s record of 235 winners in a calendar year when his final runner of the year in the last race of 2015 finished second.

Billy Bond, ridden by 3lb claimer Sammy Jo Bell – who has enjoyed a fine year herself – had to settle for the runner-up spot behind Bold Prediction, beaten three lengths, in the Download The Ladbrokes App Handicap at Lingfield.

Fahey tweeted: “Wasn’t meant to be, very happy just to have got to 235.