Chequered View gives the Princess Royal her first win as an owner in 31 years

Chequered View benefited from the change to positive tactics at Southwell to hand the Princess Royal her first winner as an owner for more than three decades.

The five-year-old mare, who was also bred by the Princess, failed to deliver as favourite last month at Worcester, but made all and stuck on well to give her a first victory as a owner since she rode Cnoc Na Cuille, a horse she owned, to win a handicap chase at Worcester on September 3, 1987.

The Princess Royal has only had a sprinkling of runners down the years as an owner, and her three subsequent winners as a rider were for other owners.