Maughan crowned star employee

David Elsworth's travelling head lad Peter Maughan has been named as Employee of the Year at the fifth annual Stud and Stable Staff Awards.

Former jockey Mick Fitzgerald presented a cheque for £25,000 (€28,274), half of which for goes to his colleagues at his Newmarket stables and the other half for Maughan himself, who has worked in racing for 56 years and also won the Senior Staff category.