FOLLOWERS of the racehorse to riding horse scene had good reason to watch Sky Sports Racing on Tuesday afternoon as Emma Sweeney, who partnered her own Mr Cosmopolitan to claim the reserve sash at the Dublin Horse Show last August, was making her debut over hurdles at Newcastle.

Riding the Gavin Cromwell-trained Allduckornodinner, Emma made most of the running in the two-mile, six-furlong amateur handicap hurdle.