Frankie Dettori performed his trademark flying dismount and chanted “we are top of the league” after helping Wales and The West to briefly top the table on night three of the Racing League at Newcastle.

While a Gosforth Park double for The East keeps them in the hunt in third, the competition is beginning to look like a two-way fight between Jamie Osborne’s Wales and The West, and London and The South, managed by Matt Chapman, who clung on at the top and go into week four at Windsor leading by 428 points to 427.