Five jockeys involved in light aircraft drama
Scott's agent Niall Hannity said: 'They set off from Bagby and something went wrong with the plane so they started to get a bit panicky, as you can imagine.
'The pilot, who has 25 years' experience, said nothing like it had ever happened to him but they were able to get turned round and land back at Bagby, which must have been frightening.
'The main thing is they got back down and they are all safe now.
'Rowan was sending me messages in the air asking me to let John Quinn and Alice Haynes know he wouldn't be able to ride their horses today and I was telling him not to worry about that in the grand scheme of things!'
He added: 'It was Rowan's first time in a private plane – he said it's also his last.'
To make matters worse for Scott, Haynes' Naana's Sparkle (15-2) went and won the Buccellati Handicap under his substitute Charles Bishop.
Haynes said: 'Poor Rowan was upset he couldn't make it. He sounded quite shook up. Thank God they are all OK. I think the engine failed after they had gone 20 minutes.''
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