By Peter Moore at Salisbury Thursday 2nd October

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy enjoyed a four-timer on the card from his first four rides of the day at Salisbury’s final meeting of the season.

The rider was aboard Runman, who quickened in grand fashion for an impressive debut victory in the opener on the card.

The colt out of Frankel went on to score by two and three quarter lengths for John & Thady Gosden.

The Irishman completed a quick fire double on Akho Mezzna who scored in the first division of the 6f novice chase for Newmarket trainer Jack Jones.

Murphy then landed the feature race of the day on debutant Black Chiffon. The two-year-old got spooked in the parade ring but quickly settled going down to post.

The race itself developed into Chimes Of Thunder and Tahale disputing the lead with a couple of furlongs to go. Murphy was perfectly positioned to deliver a challenge with a furlong remaining. A hands and heals ride saw the champion jockey elect move into the lead to get up and win by half a length.

Win number four of the afternoon wasn’t to far away after Sword Maker took the Class 2 6f conditions stakes.

Just four runners lined up for the race worth over £10,000 to the winner. Sword Maker had already got his nose in front twice already this season and made it win n umber three after going on to win by a neck from American Gulf.

There was plenty of drama before the third race of the afternoon when Brocklesby Girl’s first day at school turned out to be a day he will never forget.

The gelding was unsettled in the parade ring before heading down to the start where he unshipped Ben Ffrench Davies at the stalls. The two-year-old then bolted away before anyone could catch him, running through two fields in the process, before eventually being caught almost two miles away.

Thankfully the horse was reported to be fine with not a single scratch on him. However trainer Kathy Turner was left frustrated at what she felt was a lack of help.

Turner said: “When it happened, the clerk of the course came in after they let the race start. I asked whether there would be any help and whether we could get an ambulance because my son had the keys to the lorry in his pocket and he was running after him.

“I felt no one else would help or was bothered about the horse. There’s not enough railing to stop horses from getting off the course.”

She continued: “What had upset my owners was that they continued to film him going through hedges and cantering across fields. The owner bred him and she pulled him out of the mare – she found it very distressing.

“He’s all good now, but he went nearly three miles away before he ended up on a footpath and a dog walker caught him. Ben was the first one down to try and catch him. No one at the start, including stall handlers, went to help. The vet was brilliant, he clambered through the brambles and hedges with my son.”

Illy’s Roo was succsesful at just the second time of asking after pulling clear of the field to score by two lengths under Tom Marquand in division two of the 6f novice stakes.

Oliver Cole picked up his second winner in the last twenty-four hours after Dr Strangelove sprang a surprise in the 6f handicap at 25-1.

Despite finishing second at the same course back in June a disappointing effort followed three months later at Kempton after finishing tenth of twelve in a 6f handicap.

Under Danny Muscutt the three-year-old was always handily placed to mount a challenge before going on nicely to win by a length from 40-1 shot Fleetwater.