Amir Quinn guided 8-1 chance Barbason to its fifth course victory at Brighton yesterday and dedicated it to Lorna Moore and her late husband Charlie.

It was the 20-year-old Bevendean jockey's debut ride with the chestnut trained by the Moore's son Gary at his yard next to the track overlooking the Channel.

The triumph was also the first by the nine-year-old, owned by Gary's dad, since trainer Charlie passed away last year.

Quinn said: "It is a pleasure to dedicate the win to Charlie Moore's memory, because he was a good fellow and a hard worker and you always knew where you stood with him.

"It was my second win for Gary's late father because I won on Kinnino at Lingfield.

"But I'm even more pleased for Lorna Moore. Her horses are the light of her life and it's great that I was able to ride her a winner.

"I am very grateful to the whole Moore family, they have been very good to me in the four years I have been associated with them.

"Barbason gave me everything. As it was our first partnership it was a little tricky, but it all went well in the end."

Quinn finished midway down the field on the family's third horse, Apollo Red, in the last race of the meeting.

The jockey, half Iranian and half Irish but definitely whole-hearted, said: "It would have been nice to have had a double win for the Moores, but the horse gave me 110 per cent. He is 12 and perhaps needs to be retired because he doesn't owe anybody anything. You can't fault his commitment and to finish eighth or ninth was a creditable performance."

Gary Moore revealed his mother would be delighted with Barbason's victory in the beige and purple colours of the executors of Charlie's estate.

The Woodingdean handler said: "The win's great for dad and very good for mum.

"She's moved to just around the corner so winning in Brighton makes the win sweet. She'll be over the moon when I tell her.

"My mum still helps in the yard and is a big part of the stable."

Apollo Red's race, won by Kevin Parsons on the Irish-trained Democracy, was the first of the Turf 2,000 Hands and Heel Apprentice Riders' Series.

The 11 race series allows jockeys to carry whips and pull them through from one hand to the other, but not hit the horses. The move is aimed at developing race-riding skills.

Quinn voted it a success.

He said: "My horse was hanging and needed a little smack, but obviously because of the restrictions that couldn't be done, but not using the whip is a good idea because it helps jockeys develop."

Gary Moore added: "It's certainly great for the apprentices not to have to resort to the whip. There are alternatives sometimes. Horses do need a smack to correct and wake them up, but with other genuine horses all you need to do is give them a push."

Parsons, celebrating on the winner's podium, received a glass momento for his efforts.

But the big prize for the winning jockey Quinn and the other raw recruits is a lot more lucrative: a working holiday in Dubai.

There were a group of builders in the crowd of an estimated 1,500.

The meeting was a charity day in aid of Brighton Housing Trust's first base day centre.

Brighton and Hove councillor Mike Middleton has worked with Brighton building firms J. Davies and Integra to organise a charity lunch in the Prince Regent Suite and he estimated it would raise £3,000.

Middleton said: "Everybody had a good day and we might even make it an annual event."

For Brighton general manager, Phil Bell, the day was a nice warm-up for the evening series at Brighton which begin next Wednesday and includes an Argus-sponsored meeting on June 14. There is another evening fixture on June 1.

Bell said: "I think evening racing is the future."

The clouds cleared in the late afternoon to allow the sun to cast shadows over the course immortalised in the film Brighton Rock.

Redevelopment work, including an Argus horseshoe sign at the winning post, has given the course a look far removed from the image displayed when Pinkie and Co were running around in it all those years ago.

There were a few winners who had cause to smile last night, and one of them was Lorna Moore when son Gary passed on the good news of how Quinn had rode Barbason to victory.