Trainer Suzy gets the best out of her string

Aimigayle, a five-year-old, impressed when making her chasing debut at the latest Fontwell Park meeting.

Home-bred by owner Pete Mercer of Kent, the five-year-old jumped superbly throughout the race finishing a good second.

Her trainer said: "She will be much more effective on a galloping track and the very soft ground today did not suit her. I was very pleased with her performance."

Aimigayle already has three wins over hurdles to her credit and looks set to have a successful career over larger obstacles.

Suzy Smith has 25 horses in her string for the current season. She started training in 2003 and is based in stables converted from the old Tote building on what was Lewes racecourse, before it closed in 1964.

She grew up in Epsom and rode out for local trainers from the age of 14. She worked for trainers including John Hammond, Gardie Grissell, Michael Chapman and Clive Bennett before taking out her own licence.