A race day dampener for Wayne and Coleen
Wayne Rooney's successes on the football pitch are yet to transfer to the race course.
The Manchester United striker endured a miserable debut as a racehorse owner when his colt finished last in its first race on Wednesday.
Two-year-old Pippy was always toward the rear after a slow start and he never got into the race, which was run on rain-softened ground at Chester in northwest England.
The horse, ridden Wednesday by Richard Kinscote, is jointly owned by Rooney and wife Coleen, who both watched the Manor House Stables Lily Agnes Stakes.
Their other horses are called Switcharooney and Tomway.
Wayne Rooney (L) and Michael Owen at Chester racecourse in Chester, England. (GETTY/GALLO)
Coleen Rooney arrives to watch her horse Pippy run at Chester racecourse in Chester, England. (GETTY/GALLO)
Coleen Rooney arrives to watch her horse Pippy run at Chester racecourse in Chester, England. (GETTY/GALLO)
Manchester United soccer player Wayne Rooney watches his horse's jockey Richard Kinscote (left) in the parade ring before the Lily Agnes Conditions Stakes during the May Festival at Chester Racecourse, Chester, northern England. Rooney had a tough introduction to the world of racehorse ownership on Wednesday with his horse, Pippy, coming last in his first race. (AP)