No raining on owners' parade despite losing Ripon seller in stewards' room

It is not just Australian cricketers who can suffer the agony of seeing victory being taken away from them and still manage a smile.

Richard Laws and the enthusiastic members of Ownaracehorse Ltd were the Tim Paines in this situation, all ready to celebrate Amity Island ending his 15-race losing run as he passed the post a nose clear of Knightly Spirit in the 1m2f seller at Ripon.

However their four-year-old, one of three horses in the race trained by Ollie Pears, had given the runner-up a bump inside the final furlong and that was enough for the stewards to reverse the result.