DOMINIC KING: Gordon Elliott had a day he will never forget as Brighterdaysahead became the 100th Grade One winner of his career in a style that needed to be seen to be believed.
DOMINIC KING: Dan Skelton is doing everything he can to become champion trainer for the first time and he will head to Cheltenham in March with his best ever squad.
It was only in the final 100 yards that Val Dancer emerged from the gloom to stick his neck and fend off Jubilee Express, who had built up a head of steam.
Two leaps left you thinking about the other great chasers Henderson has trained, And there is now the obvious potential for him to win a lot of the very best races.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Saturday's meetings at Newcastle, Southwell, Newbury, Leicester, Leopardstown, and Carrerick.
A stunned racegoer has questioned whether the members section of Royal Randwick is actually exclusive after she was left shocked by the goings on in the most exclusive section of the track.
DOMINIC KING AT KEMPTON: The most popular horse in training arrived at Sunbury-on-Thames with questions to answer but departed having left a bumper crowd gasping.
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Thursday's meetings at Aintree, Wetherby, Sedgefield, Wincanton, Market Rasen, Fontwell, Wolverhampton and Kempton.
The special ones are always treated a little differently. It doesn't matter what walk of life, being a standout guarantees more perks, more scrutiny and, of course, more pressure.
DOMINIC KING: In front of 19,449 spectators - a record for the course for this particular fixture - Crambo dug deep when it mattered to triumph for a second successive year.
DOMINIC KING: The champion jockey had spent the past week recuperating, deciding he needed rest to recover from the lingering effects of a fall last month but shone on Friday,
DOMINIC KING: Trained by Willie Mullins, Ballyburn is co-owned by Ronnie Bartlett and David Manasseh, the leading football agent whose clients include Jack Grealish.
After beginning his campaign with a superb victory in Wetherby's Charlie Hall Chase, The Real Whacker was pulled out of the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park last month.
DOMINIC KING: A seven-race card heralds a new era for Windsor and will set them up nicely for the big event in the New Year when they and Ascot stage The Winter Million, a three-day meeting.
DOMINIC KING: Dead heats in racing are not unusual but there was something remarkable about the one at Cheltenham on Saturday, because the winning jockeys were brothers.
DOMINIC KING: Paul Nicholls jolted his shoulders, got on the front foot and though Sir Alex Ferguson was nowhere to be seen, you knew he would have approved.