Voy Por Ustedes wins Order of Merit

Voy Por Ustedes has been crowned winner of the 2008-2009 Order of Merit, scooping the £200,000 (€224,075) first prize.

The eight-year-old, owned by Robert Ogden and trained by Alan King, clinched the series with victory in two of the races - Ascot's Commercial First Chase and the John Smith's Melling Chase at Aintree. He also finished second in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham.