Until just after 10pm, it was a normal Saturday night at The Spaniard’s Inn on Hampstead Heath. Glasses clinking, the background radiation of chatter and high spirits, staff dashing to and fro because

The brilliant Gino F is back where he belongs after injury and a former pony European rider is “shocked” to claim her first championship

Tough conditions, with snow and ice in Wales, made for a challenging rally.

Brake hard, drop to second, wipe the wheel as you thrust forwards again and gather the second apex, run wide on exit and then gun this Riley Brooklands down the very short straight accompanied by what

The popular grey sashays to an emotional win in the first Grade One of the season and a father and son team up for the best day of their careers

Shared rides, developing riders and comeback horses produced a series of hardearned victories