Punters were fuming after an unruly horse was given a huge head start at Newcastle and went on to win. The Steward (9-1) ran off before the runners were sent on their way for the QuinnCasino 'Jumpers' Bumper' NH Flat Race (division two) – and raced keenly in the lead for Charlotte Jones.
His exuberance carried him further clear with every stride, as the other jockeys let him go – and even commentator Darren Owen was not sure he would see out the two-mile distance. "The Steward, racing freely, has already shown that he is capable of doing that by bolting past the runners on the way to the start.
And well it's a repeat performance by the look of things," he said. "The Steward now going off at a rate of knots and clear of the others." At a top
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