Balding stretches trainers' title lead with Newmarket-York double

Andrew Balding pulled further clear of Aidan O'Brien in the Flat trainers' championship on 9 October. Never So Brave led home Flora Of Bermuda in the Group Two Challenge Stakes at Newmarket, worth £129,000 to the stable. Nakila Sun had won at York less than half an hour earlier. Paddy Power still made O'Brien 2-7 favourite, Balding 5-2.