Sister act is agony for Harry Fry as he's stripped of another big mares' prize

POTTERS LEGEND Ridden by Aiden Coleman wins at Haydock Park 31/3/18Photograph by Grossick Racing Photography 0771 046 1723

Potters Legend (left) on his way to gaining handsome compensation for a fall at FakenhamCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)

Family history has a nasty habit of rearing its ugly head and biting you in the backside, as Harry Fry knows all too well.

In 2016 he lost a valuable prize when Lady Of Lamanver was demoted to second after passing the post first in the mares' hurdle final at Newbury.

Almost exactly two years to the day, the same thing happened to her sister Lamanver Odyssey, also owned and bred by Donna Christensen, in the £50,000 mares' hurdle on Smarkets Challenger Finals day.

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David CarrReporter

Published on 31 March 2018inReports

Last updated 18:20, 31 March 2018

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