Champions Day 2022: The end of the British flat season
Updated: May 10
Champions Long Distance Cup
It would've been a topical winner, should Andrew Balding's Coltrane have pulled through. The 1m7f slog, however, went the way of Trueshan, in a well-deserved win for Alan King and Hollie Doyle. It was Trueshan's third consecutive success in this race, and it follows triumph in the Northumberland Plate at Newcastle, where he was under an astonishing 148 pounds. Ebor-winning Trawlerman came home third, while this year's St Leger winner, Eldar Eldarov, could only get seventh.