Alpha Centauri gliding into the lead three-furlongs out and taking the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville by two-and-a-half lengths, her fourth Group 1 win on the spin for trainer Jessica Harrington and jockey Colm O’Donoghue
Advertise leading after the first furlong of the 6f Group 1 Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh, headed, then regaining the lead under Frankie Dettori just over a furlong from home to hold on and win by half-a-length to take the prize for Manton trainer Martyn Meade
The Girls Team of Hollie Doyle, captain Josephine Gordon and Hayley Turner winning the Shergar Cup Team Prize at Ascot, beating the European riders 76 points to 70, and Turner winning the individual Silver Saddle with 39 points to beat Brazilian Joao Moreira by a point
Trainer Jo Foster’s emotional story in the Racing Post of her physical and mental recovery from serious injury 18 months ago and the key part played by the Injured Jockeys Fund, not least the team at Jack Berry House
Paul Hanagan winning four races from five rides at Musselburgh
Roy Rocket landing his ninth race at Brighton after a troubled run – the 8yo is one away from being the track’s winningmost horse
Dubai adding the Cesarewitch to its sponsorship of Newmarket’s Future Champions fixture on 12 and 13 October, replacing Betfred
Jamie Spencer moving into the list of the top 20 most successful jockeys of all time with winner number 2,069 gained at Yarmouth
Harry Bentley, Cam Hardie and Tom Marquand each riding trebles, at Chepstow, Wolverhampton and Brighton respectively
Four of the world’s top six horses being entered for Qipco Champions Day at Ascot on 20 October
Nicky Henderson notching up his 3,000th winner in Britain with Brave Eagle victorious at Worcester – Martin Pipe trained 3,930 winners in his 21-year career
Sophie Doyle riding her 200th winner at Arlington Park having moved to the US in 2013
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…and what hasn’t been so good
Japanese jockey Yutaka Take being stood down after hurting his wrist in the mile-and-a-half Shergar Cup at Ascot race when his mount Majeed died from a heart attack
Ruth Jefferson losing three of her star horses from the stable, with Cyrus Darius going to Colin Tizzard’s yard and the Trevor Hemming’s owner Cloudy Dream and Mount Mews joining Donald McCain
Yarmouth races being delayed by two fires which broke out on neighbouring land – there was no damage to the track
Racegoers evacuating Brighton’s Premier Enclosure after heavy winds loosened part of the grandstand roof – a window also blew in in the jockeys changing room
