Present Man heading a five-timer at Wincanton for Paul Nicholls with a great round of jumping to win the Badger Ales Trophy with Bryony Frost aboard and owned by the sponsoring brewer’s chairman Mark Woodhouse – the win meant a Scoop 6 player won over £375,000 and now goes for the bonus fund of £356,476
John Gosden, voted Racing Hub Flat Trainer of the Year, winning Doncaster’s November Handicap for the sixth time with Royal Line who had been off the track for six months
Jockeys called Walsh experiencing mixed fortunes at Naas – Mark Walsh rode a treble whilst Ruby Walsh parted company with two horses, both at the final fence, the most significant being Footpad
Colin Tizzard training a five-timer with three winners at Ffos Las spearheaded by Kilbricken Storm and two at Sandown
Philip Hobbs sending out at least one winner on each of the last eight days, with Tidal Flow adding to the tally at Kempton, where Nicky Henderson trained three winners
Bryony Frost riding out her claim with her 75th winner at Kempton on Marienstar
Anthony Honeyball training a double at Ffos Las with 7lb claimer Rex Dingle aboard both
A trust linked to the family of Lord Hesketh, former chairman of Towcester racecourse, are reported to be leaders in the bidding for the business and assets of the track which went into administration in August – if successful, the trust is thought to want the racecourse to be managed on their behalf
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… and what hasn’t been so good
Conditional jockey Evan Daly narrowly avoiding being hit by a field of seven runners whilst he was jogging around the Navan track wearing headphones – shouts from the riders alerted him just in time to avoid a nasty incident
Australian jockey Hugh Bowman being hit with a 35-meeting ban for three different offences whilst riding Marmelo in the Lexus Melbourne Cup – careless riding (12 meetings), excessive use of the whip (eight meetings) and weighing in half a kilogram heavier than the stated 55kg (21 meetings), with a discretionary reduction from the total of 41 meetings
Finian O’Toole fracturing both sides of his pelvis after falling heavily from One Night In Milan and being flattened by a following horse at Kelso
Only two runners turning out for Aintree’s novice chase
Ladbrokes and Sportsbet (owned by Paddy Power Betfair) websites and apps crashing in Australia in the build-up to the Melbourne Cup when thousands of bets are placed a minutes
The Advertising Standards Authority upholding a complaint against Nicky Henderson’s Twitter account following a complaint that promoting his blog with bookmaker Unibet meant they had editorial control over the message and that future messages had be recognisable as such
Hard ground meaning Leicester having to abandon next Monday’s meeting
