TOMBA GAVE the Lambourn trainer Brian Meehan his first Group One winner when landing the Prix de la Foret over seven furlongs at Longchamp yesterday. It also gave the jockey Kieren Fallon his first Group One winner in France.

Simon Holt of Channel 4 Racing analyses today's Cesarewitch Handicap

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THE ARC betting is dormant as backers await the final field, which will emerge after today's supplementary stage. Before any additions, there are just 12 runners left, following the removal yesterday of Ebadiyla, the sole remaining Irish challenger, and Venetia Williams's Stretarez, among others. Kieren Fallon's mount, though, has been confirmed as Paul Cole's Courteous.

THE BEST backed horse yesterday for Saturday's Cambridgeshire with Coral was Supply And Demand, who was cut to 9-1 from 16-1. The firm's spokesman, Simon Clare, said: "From the moment we opened this morning, Supply And Demand was the only horse our customers wanted to back. We cut it from 16-1 to 12-1 in the first half an hour of trading, then to 10-1 and finally to 9-1.

HE'S SMOOTH, smiley and ever so slightly insincere, but just for once, it's not Derek Thompson. The Prime Minister will make his keynote address to the Labour Party Conference this afternoon, which has forced the Cheveley Park Stakes card at Newmarket to undergo some contortions to ensure coverage by Channel 4. The first three races, including the feature event, will be separated by 90 minutes' oratory from Blackpool. This will be annoying if the first three legs of your TV Yankee are all winners, but at least offers a chance to ponder whether Tony Blair or Kieren Fallon has done more to effect the redistribution of wealth.

WHEN THE the management at York next decide to name a bar or grandstand after a significant figure in the course's history, they could do far worse than unveil a plaque to Peckitts Well. Hers is not, admittedly, a name which many of yesterday's racegoers would recognise, but thousands who have enjoyed and profited from the exploits of Lochsong and Lochangel are deeply indebted to her.

"THERE'S YOUR winner, for certain," said a journalist (who would prefer to remain nameless) as the judge studied the three-way photograph after the International Stakes here yesterday. He was pointing squarely at Frankie Dettori, in the royal blue silks of Faithful Son, and if he was slightly embarrassed when One So Wonderful was named the winner just a second later, he was at least in good company.

ON CALL defied the doubters at Redcar yesterday to stretch her unbeaten sequence this season to six. Sir Mark Prescott's filly was allowed to start at the generous odds of 4-1

RACING NARROWLY avoided its second embarrassing mix-up inside a week at Haydock yesterday. Five days after the wrong Jack Berry-trained horse ran at Hamilton, Bryan McMahon came perilously close to confusing his two runners in a handicap at the Lancashire course.

KIEREN FALLON will miss the final two days of the July Meeting at Newmarket after picking up a three-day ban for careless riding at the Curragh yesterday.

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KIEREN FALLON gave up three rides at Newbury yesterday after hurting his right knee on the gallops, an injury which could threaten his participation at Royal Ascot, which begins on Tuesday.

THERE were several spectacular crashes in the late Eighties and early Nineties but none more unexpected than David Elsworth's descent from racing's pinnacle. One minute Elzie was winning every jumps race worth collecting while also shearing off his fair share of Flat prizes when he fancied a bit of sport in the summer. Then, it seemed, he could not train rabbits to procreate.