Turner stars on Saint

In-form Saxon Saint defied a penalty to take the opening toteplacepot Nursery at Brighton this afternoon under Hayley Turner.

Having chased the leaders in the early stages, the 9-2 chance came between rivals to lead well inside the final furlong, despite hanging left towards the far rail throughout the final stages.

At the winning post, Saxon Saint had a neck to spare over Nivelle, with Shermeen a length and a quarter further back in third.

And the successful rider, who continues to impress with her performance in the saddle, came in for some rare praise from winning trainer Mark Usher.

“She has given that horse a simply fabulous ride,” he said. “He is a horse who totally needs his mind making up for him and a lot of this success has to go down to Hayley.”