He was also joined by the festival’s founder, Sir Michael Eavis, who was wheeled onto the stage by his daughter.

Gavin Ryan came close to breaking his Classic duck on Serious Contender, who gave odds-on favourite and stablemate Lambourn a real fright in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

She was a shy 21-year-old from small-town Czech Republic when she stunned Maria Sharapova in 2011, while she produced one of the most dominant final performances in Wimbledon history three years later ...

Keke continued on his upward curve, as Billy Lee rode the winner of the Dubai Duty Free Rockingham Handicap at the Curragh for the second year running.

Emma Raducanu goes into Wimbledon as the British women’s number one having ended Katie Boulter’s two-year reign earlier this month, but she faces an immediate battle to hold on to her status. Raducanu ...