C’est Bon for Paddy in Kelso showpiece
Paddy Brennan praised Kelso after claiming the £50,000 feature race at the Borders venue.
The Irishman struck on 6-4 favourite Bonttay, his only ride of the day in the Herring Queen Series Final Handicap Hurdle.
He said: “The ground is beautiful and the prize money is fantastic. I watched this day on TV last year and it’s worth coming all the way up for. This mare’s trainer Fergal O’Brien will be having plenty more runners here in future.
“This was her first handicap and she was a very good bumper horse – she’s all quality and something to look forward to.”
Susan Corbett ended a lean spell in real style after
Les’s Legacy bagged the valuable opening handicap hurdle under Dillon Hurst.
The Northumberland handler said: “The horses have been a little quiet for a couple of months but this has been the aim for this fellow. We like to make plans for our horses and it’s nice when it comes off.”
Jet Legs followed up his recent Wetherby strike under red-hot Gretna-born jockey Patrick Wadge in the 3m 2f handicap hurdle.
Cumbria-based winning trainer Martin Todhunter said: “Patrick Wadge rides very well and came down to sit on him this week.
“That’s him now for the summer and he will be back next term to go novice chasing.”
Elvis Mail, who exited at the first in the Coral Cup, returned to fences with a vengeance for Bruce Lynn and Nick Alexander in the 3m 2f handicap chase.
Lynn said: “If he hadn’t unseated me at Cheltenham we probably wouldn’t have come here. He probably travelled a bit too well today but he’s a classy horse over hurdles and fences.”