Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson had something to celebrate after a miserable week on the football pitch when What A Friend, a horse he part owns, won the Grade One Aintree Bowl on Thursday. The victory at Liverpool came hard on the heels of United's unhappy exit from the Champions League at the hands of Bayern Munich on Wednesday and the weekend's Premier League defeat by Chelsea which pushed his team down to second in the table.
"I've had a lot of great winners, but to win a race of this magnitude and class is fantastic. I'm really pleased," Ferguson said.
"It's great. That's the beauty of the racing game. Every fence you're jumping yourself, that's the beauty of it."
