Major gaffe as Ennis meets a 'familiar face'

It is always terribly exciting when a ‘proper’ famous person from outside of the racing world blesses us with their presence on a racecourse.

The attendance of such a celebrity ensures any television camera or reporter anywhere nearby will be instantly drawn in to ask why they have come, whether they have been before and how they are doing in whatever terribly exciting career they have when they are not at the races.

Tony Ennis: embarrassing moment

It does tend to help, though, if you know who you are talking to, as At The Races presenter Tony Ennis found out last week at Newcastle.