#El Astronaute

A retired accountant beat odds of 20000 to one by picking FIVE winning horses - scooping a £60000 prize on a £1 wager. Numbers man Peter Titman, 62, correctly bet on the first horses to cross the line at York last week in a'Lucky 31' accumulator bet. Peter, from Royton, won a total of £58336 and said his £1 wager on the five winners was down to his…

Highfield Princess and Jason Hart claim the Prix Maurice de Gheest on Sunday Victory in the Group 1 Arc Prix Maurice de Gheest was secured with the brilliant execution of not one but two plans. The first piece of foresight was for trainer John Quinn to give Highfield Princess a short break after running an excellent sixth in the Platinum Jubilee…

Armory (second from left) makes a winning return to action Cox Plate runner-up Armory earned a chance to bid for top-level glory closer to home with a last-to-first win in the Melodi Media Huxley Stakes. The Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup and Prince of Wales's Stakes are options for the four-year-old, who was beaten just a length and a quarter in…