Shininstar leaves amateur Brooke beaming after novice handicap chase win

Shininstar proved just that for Lorna Brooke and filled the amateur jockey with joy after victory against the professionals in the 2m3½f novice handicap chase.

Brooke celebrated a second winner of the season aboard the John Groucott-trained and Belinda Clarke-owned ten-year-old, who responded to pressure after the last to score by a length and a half.

The winning rider, whose mother Lady Susan Brooke holds a trainer's permit, is set for her final campaign in the saddle next season and beamed from ear to ear in her post-race assessment, during which several jockeys congratulated her on their way into the weighing room.