Tony McCoy was dumped ignominiously on the turf in the last race to round off a day of disappointment at Newbury yesterday.

On his way to the track, the champion must have reckoned that he held a realistic chance of winning all six races on the under-subscribed programme.

But he only managed victories on Bring Sweets and Guido and ended the day with a crashing fall on Beaumont.

McCoy's hopes of going through the card had been dashed just before racing when Royal Predica was pulled out after pricking a foot.

But he at least started the day on a high as Bring Sweets ensured a continuation of the steady flow of winners from the Martin Pipe stable.

The promising youngster won as the trainer, nearing the end of a 10-day break, relaxed aboard ship on his voyage back to Britain.

Pipe's winner factory has trundled on smoothly with the trainer's son David at the helm.

Bring Sweets completed a hat-trick as he won in a common canter in the Crux Easton Juvenile Novices' Hurdle. The 1 to 6 chance could easily have won by more than 20 lengths had McCoy desired.

Instead the jockey pulled on the brakes on the run-in and there was a brief moment when it looked like he had overdone it.

Just to make sure McCoy shook up Bring Sweets again to defeat Karinga Prince by one length.

Venetia Williams had no complaints about the fast ground that scared away many of the horses.

But her only runner of the day Guido needed to be firmly driven by McCoy to land the odds in the Tote Lady In Red Novices' Handicap Hurdle.

"When you've run the horse at Cartmel in May, you're not going to be worried about running on this ground," she said.

The champion missed out in the Penwood Novices' Chase as Hisar failed to cope with Serenus.

The diminutive Serenus jumped soundly on his fencing bow and used his superior speed to pull away from Hisar after the last.

McCoy again had to play second fiddle as Pipe's Ballysicyos went down by five lengths to the promising Count Campioni in the John Delia Memorial Intermediate Hurdle.

"This is a lovely scopey horse and he will be some chaser one today but inclined to keep him over hurdles for the rest of this season," said trainer Mark Pitman.

Jack Banks is quitting the training ranks this weekend and his hopes of ending on a winning note were dashed when his last runner, Beaumont, crashed at the second flight in the West Berkshire Racing Club Handicap Hurdle won by Wontcostalotbut.

McCoy lay on the ground for a while before slowly getting to his feet. He was later reported to be uninjured.