Geri Horner and husband Christian cheer on their horse at the Heythrop Hunt after partying with the Spice Girls at Emma Bunton’s 50th birthday bash

Geri Horner and her husband Christian cheered on their horse at the Heythrop Hunt Point-To-Point Steeplechases in Gloucestershire on Sunday, after celebrating her Spice Girl bandmate, Emma Bunton’s 50th birthday. 

Ginger Spice, 53, showed no signs of a late night as she watched one of her most successful horses, Lift Me Up, compete in Ladies Open at Cocklebarrow Farm near Aldsworth.

Donning a flat cap and jeans, Geri nailed country chic as she wrapped up warm in a light brown cardigan and chunky scarf. 

Her husband Christian, 52, looked tense as he watched the race through binoculars, with their 10-year-old stallion placing 4th overall. 

The Spice Girl and the former Red Bull F1 team principal set up their racehorse owning company, OMBI, back in 2021.

The couple own a number of race horses, which they have all renamed with titles from tracks from Geri’s solo career, including Look at Mee, Lift Me Up, Mi Chico Latino and It’s Raining Men.

Lift Me Up, whose real name is Hector and cost a whopping £28,000, is one of their most successful horses, bagging his first win at Newbury in 2023.

Geri headed to the races after celebrating Emma’s 50th at Soho Farmhouse on Saturday night, which saw Victoria Beckham also attend after a turbulent week. 

Geri, Emma and Melanie Chisholm, 52, rallied around Victoria, days after her son Brooklyn left her heartbroken with his bombshell statement. 

Sharing a picture of the Spice Girls’ reunion – minus Melanie Brown, 50 – Victoria captioned the post: ‘Happy birthday to the most beautiful soul. I love you girls so much.’ 

David Beckham commented on his wife’s post, gushing: ‘This made me so happy. I can only imagine how the spice girls fans feel @spicegirls @victoriabeckham special night celebrating Emma.’ 

Posh broke her social media silence following Brooklyn’s post earlier this week to wish Emma a happy birthday on the actual day ahead of the celebrations in person. 

Victoria no doubt had plenty to talk about with the Spice Girls at the end of a week which friends say has left her ‘devastated’.

On Monday Brooklyn, 26, published a scathing six-page statement about his family where he said he has no interest in reconciling with them, including dad David. 

Despite once proudly declaring he was a ‘mama’s boy’, Brooklyn focused on Victoria in the statement, with his vitriolic comments reportedly leaving her ‘on the floor in pieces’. 

Among Brooklyn’s long list of claims was the accusation that his mum ‘hijacked’ his first dance at his wedding to wife Nicola Peltz, 31, and ‘danced very inappropriately on me in front of everyone’, before accusing his parents of trying to ruin his relationship.

Days after the statement, DJ Fat Tony finally recounted the exact detail of the dance during an appearance on This Morning. 

The 60-year-old branded the incident ‘really awkward’ and confirmed that Nicola fled the reception in tears. 

Tony, a longtime friend of the Beckhams, claimed that Marc Anthony was to blame, revealing the musician had called Victoria to the dance floor with her son and instructed him, ‘place your hands on your mother’s hips’.  

He said: ‘There was no slut-dropping, there was no PVC cat suits, no Spice Girl action!

‘The word “inappropriate”, why I said it was as well, it was the timing, this is what happened.’

Tony continued: ‘What happened was, basically, Marc Anthony was performing on stage, he then called Brooklyn onto stage. 

‘Brooklyn went on to the stage, and the next minute everyone’s expecting Nicola to go up and do the first dance, and then Marc asked for the most beautiful woman in the room to come to the stage – and then he says, “Victoria, come to the stage.”‘

He revealed that Brooklyn looked ‘devastated’ at the fact his first dance was with Victoria and not his wife, adding that Nicola left the room ‘crying her eyes out’.

Tony went on: ‘Brooklyn is stuck there on stage, and they do this dance, and Marc Anthony says “put your hands on your mother’s hips” and it was a Latin thing, and the whole situation was really awkward for everyone in the room…

‘I’ve done an awful lot of Beckham parties in the past, and they are a very dancing close-knit family and love to dance, right? So you know, what we deem as ‘inappropriate’ is not how Brooklyn feels. 

‘This is all about how Brooklyn feels. If he feels that it was inappropriate and awkward, it was inappropriate and awkward.

‘What’s sad is that this is the bit that everyone’s taken from the statement, and kind of whitewashed everything else that went on.’ 

Since Brooklyn’s bombshells statement, the family have been busying themselves, with his brother Romeo arriving in Paris with his girlfriend Kim Turnbull for Fashion Week and their youngest brother Cruz promoting his new music.

Brooklyn’s father David, meanwhile, was in Davos, Switzerland, attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) speaking about media and youth.

He avoided discussing his eldest son, but did touch on his belief that children should be allowed to make their own mistakes.

Meanwhile, Victoria bagged her first ever solo number one after a huge social media campaign pushed her to the top of the chart.

Victoria’s 2001 single Not Such An Innocent Girl, a track which showcased Posh Spice’s raunchy dance moves, has shot to number one on the iTunes chart in the UK and Ireland.

The chart positions have been driven by a social media campaign which is determined to ‘fix the national tragedy’ that ‘Victoria is the only Spice Girl without a solo #1.’

‘Nothing says “British Culture” like collectively deciding to send Posh to the top of the charts because her son roasted her on Insta. Imagine both their faces,’ reads a viral post on Instagram which has been shared by the likes of Katherine Ryan and Luisa Zissman.

Victoria’s youngest son Cruz also helped with the promo effort, using his mum’s song to soundtrack one of his Instagram Stories on Thursday.