Acomb driver Mick Lord is pictured claiming victory with Infamous in the Novice Improver Intermediate race at York Harness raceway.

The race had to be restarted after a first bend collision between GT and Jimmy Short, which left GT driver Pam Haythornthwaite on the deck, but uninjured.

The race re-started without GT and Lord was able to cruise to victory.

Haythornthwaite showed no ill-effects after her spill to win the next race with Springfield Blue by two-and-a-half- lengths from Micky Taker.

Green Hammerton's Vicki Gill won the final race of the day with Silvertail, which hung on to the tail of Coalford Icon in the early stages before nudging ahead off the last bend to win by a length in two minutes 3.8 seconds.

Updated: 09:33 Thursday, July 17, 2003