'It was really frightening' - dice with death emphasises stable staff heroics

Another normal Thursday. Six meetings in Britain and Ireland; 45 races; more than 450 runners; and more than 450 unsung heroes taking their lives in their hands.

Don't ask me, ask Shannon Matthewson. Or rather don't; she has no memory of the incident whatsoever.

Talk instead to Ross MacFarlane. He was in the Redcar parade ring at the end of last month and had to watch as a stable groom's worst nightmare befell his fiancee.