Fownes lands double, but it's still tight at top
Trainer now has 55 winners for the season with the championship becoming a real battle
The trainers' championship only got tighter on a night of breakthroughs at Happy Valley as six of the eight winners landed the prize for the first time in their careers.
Caspar Fownes took the training honours with a running double, Born To Win (Zac Purton) and Great And Beyond (Tye Angland) winning within half an hour to put Fownes right back in the title race as his three rivals failed to lead in a winner.
I'm quite excited by getting him to win one - he's such a lovely type of horse
Dennis Yip Chor-hong still holds sway with 59 wins over Tony Cruz (57) and John Size (56), with Fownes' double taking him to 55, but he was particularly thrilled by the victory of former Argentinian Group One winner, Great And Beyond.
"I'm quite excited by getting him to win one - he's such a lovely type of horse, physically, but he's had problem after problem," Fownes said.
"I just said to Tye to make sure he gave him a good warm-up then try to put him in a spot, which he was able to do, instead of him being out the back as he has been.
"We had a draw for a change tonight so it was nice to be able to use it, and he's done a better job than it looks by the margin because he's been up with the speed and they went very hard in front."
Born To Win provided the only win of the night for Purton, who had just three rides, but he would have been happy with that as arch-rival Douglas Whyte went winless, despite being able to collect the Jockey Challenge with minor placings.