There was no fairytale ending to Wednesday's meeting at Kempton with Dvinsky fourth in the race carrying his name.
The skysports.com Dvinsky's 200th Run Racing Handicap was renamed to honour his remarkable achievement and he held every chance a furlong out under Tom McLaughlin but was swamped by the late closers, headed by winner Sole Danser.
The eleven-year-old has been a wonderful servant to connections with eight of his 17 previous wins having been at this track.
Dvinsky could now run again at Kempton at the weekend in what is an extra fixture added by the British Horseracing Authority in the cold snap.
Trainer Paul Howling said: "It wasn't quite to be, he does rather run the same type of race but there's still life in the old boy yet.
"We're thinking of re-entering in a 0-65 here on Saturday, so the story goes on.
"Perhaps we will speak again after his 300th run!"
McLaughlin added: "It's a shame for the old boy, he likes to dominate his races and I think if he'd been in the first division (of this race) he might have won because there was no pace.
"He's still got his enthusiasm, but he's getting a bit long in the tooth and it's a shame because winning would have been a fairytale for Paul."
