Moon Emperor is a horse who is making a habit of producing shock results, and he left punters stunned when scoring at 25 to 1 in the feature race at Lingfield yesterday.

The four-year-old had floored the odds laid on the supposed Martin Pipe hot-pot Montreal when winning on his hurdling debut at Leicester last month, and he was unconsidered for his return to Flat racing for the Tote Trifecta 1-2-3 Stakes (Showcase Handicap).

Favourite White Plains looked an assured winner entering the final furlong, but Jamie Spencer produced a strong run from Moon Emperor who got up to score by three-quarters of a length.

Michael Bell could be said to have made a flying start to the year, as when Grecian Halo, only his second runner of the campaign, was winning the Supercheque Handicap, he was in the air en route to Malaysia for his holiday.

Grecian Halo had fully eight lengths to make up on the leaders turning into the short straight, but staged a storming run under Michael Fenton to overhaul London Eye, who had looked the winner when leading 100 yards out, three strides from the finish.

Yesterday's meeting at Huntingdon was called off after another severe frost hit the track overnight.