Corbett hopes Les’s Legacy can repeat the feat in series final at Kelso

Les’s Legacy is on a repeat mission in the Go North Cab On Target Series Final at Kelso today.

The near 2m 5f contest, worth £30,000, was salvaged from a recently abandoned card at the Borders venue.

“It’s a series we’ve loved supporting since it started and we’ve been quite lucky in the qualifiers and the finals themselves,” said Susan Corbett, who trains just over the Cheviot Hills at Otterburn in neighbouring Northumberland.

“He’s actually dropped to the same mark that he won off last year so it’s fair to say we are hopeful of another good run.”

In a competitive race, Les’s Legacy faces stern opposition from the likes of Nick Alexander’s three-time course winner Eloi Du Puy and hat-trick seeker eire street from locally based Jackie Stephen.

The Weatherbys Hamilton Buccleuch Cup may just be a maiden hunters’ chase but it has a rich history of producing some decent performers, notably back in 1958 when Merry man, two years later, became the winner of the first televised Grand National.

The Tocky Mckie colours have won two of the last three renewal sand the wool er owner bids for more success with Watch Law, trained by her daughter Jess, who landed a point to point impressively just across the Tweed at Friars

Haugh last February. Fresh from his success with El Jefe on the middle day of Aintree’s Grand National festival, permit-holder Andrew Hamilton saddles Toucan Sam from his Carluke stable.

Meanwhile, Harper's Ferry can build on two promising runs to secure a first career victory in the Free Digital Race card At raceday-ready.com Novice Stakes at Windsor.

A daughter of 2013 Oaks winner

Talent by top sire Lope De Vega, harper' s ferry defied his 50-1 odds on de but when being beaten just a nose in second in a novice contest at Newmarket last October.

The fact Ed Walker started over a mile with the colt indicateshis expected stamina and he duly kicked off 2024 over 10 furlongs at Doncaster last month, where he again had to settle for the runner-up spot behind Moon Over Miami.