...and what will you be having for your mane course, madam?

PERHAPS oats were on the menu. Or maybe she just wanted to comfort herself with a bit of nosebag after failing to win her big race.

But when this filly bolted from her handler and joined the queue at a racecourse canteen, all she got was startled looks from staff and diners.

Rosamaria, who had just finished fourth in a race at Redcar in North Yorkshire, was soon led back to the stable she had been heading when she escaped.