Champagne shared after Doncaster thriller

There was a nail-biting finish to the intercasino.com Champagne Stakes at Doncaster on Friday when Close To You and Silent Times flashed past the post in unison.

On returning to the unsaddling enclosure both jockeys, John Egan and Jamie Spencer, refused to enter the winner’s slot as connections of the horses involved waited for the judge, Brian Goodwill, to announce the result.