As part of the ever popular MacMillan Charity meeting at York Racecourse, now in its' tenth year, ten amateur riders spend months on end training hard and raising funds for the leading charity. Before racing, their hard work was rewarded with a race over a mile and one furlong on the Knavesmire. Each participant was raising money having been affected in some way by cancer and have done brilliantly to raise so much. 
Taking part in this year's renewal were:

Sam Brown on Shake A Leg (Silks: Green body and sleeves with yellow braces, yellow cap)
Michael Andrews on Ghost Rider  (Silks: Gold body and cap, gold sleeves with black stripes)
Kerry Humphries on Gorgeous General (Silks: White body with dark green disk, dark green sleeves and cap)
Wendy Normile on Crownthorpe (Silks: Black body and sleeves with orange stars, orange and black striped cap)
Bella Brown on Gulf Of Poets (Silks: Dark blue body with pink diamond, dark blue sleeves with pink stripes, dark blue cap with pink star)
George Atkinson on Chief Craftsman (Silks: Yellow body with purple hoops, yellow sleeves with purple hoop. Yellow and purple hooped cap)
Bethany Johnson on Prince Achille (Silks: Green body with red stripes, green sleeves. Red cap)
Carolyn Woods on Madeeh (Silks: Red body with yellow seams, red sleeves with yellow stripes. Red and yellow striped cap)
Issy Saxby on Decoding (Silks: Blue body, sleeves and cap with green epaulettes on body) 
Lucy Horan on Currency Exchange (Silks: Yellow body and cap, white crossbelts on body)

Well done to Sam Brown for winning and to everyone on competing and their hard work, photos from at the start are below: