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MYSTIC DREAMER and Alfie Diaper hit the front – and stayed there – in the ‘Bob Champion Cancer Trust Raceday Shetland Pony Derby at Plumpton.
Thirteen runners lined up on their miniature ponies and ten-year-old Alfie, in his distinctive yellow star helmet, said: “I got probably the best start I have ever had in a Flat race, then just kicked on and prayed for my life.”
Alfie, from Bournemouth, has been riding since he was three and was doubly happy because he has recently been in hospital after rupturing his spleen in a fall from his ...