Star veteran Megalala set to race on next season at 16

Veteran Flat performer Megalala, believed to have become the oldest horse to win on the Flat in Britain since the war when he scored at Lingfield in June at the age of 15, is likely to stay in training next season as a 16-year-old.

The John Bridger-trained gelding, who won an all-weather handicap over a mile and a quarter on June 18, posted another creditable effort last week at Brighton when he came fourth of 12 after making the running in typical fashion in a mile-and-a-half handicap.

Bridger is hoping to run Megalala again in a similar event at the same venue before the end of the season – and sees no reason why the old boy won't be back for more in 2017.