A small thing in a big world, but a big thing in this small world

As Doncaster closed its gates on Saturday, the racing world said farewell to another turf season full of highs and lows, superstars and disappointments, runaway wins and epic clashes. So before you don the tweed ready for more of the same over jumps, Racing Post writers pick their favourite moments from the 2017 season

Highland reels in the cash

In 1866, California had not long been assimilated into the United States, and Del Mar was just a wrinkle of the coast where the surf came in. More than five thousand miles away, a French colt named Gladiateur, an unlikely avenger of Napoleon's fateful Waterloo, ended a glittering career with a record prize-money haul for a European horse.