KELSO REVIEW - SATURDAY 6th MARCH 2010

By Bill Harvey

McLintock and Ewart Celebrate Major Victories at Kelso

Karen McLintock’s Bygones of Brid (3-1) lifted the Grade 2 totepool Premier Kelso Hurdle in impressive fashion for Ulster owner James Callow at Kelso on Saturday 6 March.

Graham Lee’s mount stayed on strongly to beat 40-1 runner-up Soft Spoken Guy by 9 lengths with 5-2 jt fav Predictive third in the 11-strong field for the £35,000 showpiece.

“That’s my biggest success and he’s the best I’ve trained. He’ll go chasing next season,”
said the elated Edinburgh-born Newcastle trainer.

James Ewart’s stable star Sa Suffit (4-7 fav) gave the Proud To Be Scottish Partnership a convincing victory by 6 lengths under Denis O’Regan in the totesport.com Premier Chase.

“I’m thrilled. He jumped very well and will go to Aintree on Grand National day,”
said the Langholm trainer of his French-bred seven-year-old.

Ferdy Murphy’s Bedlam Boy (4-9 fav) and Graham Lee won the Cyril Alexander Memorial HBLB Novices’ Chase and is also destined for the Aintree festival.

Peter Monteith’s Raysrock (3-1 fav) and Wilson Renwick won the Isle of Skye Blended Scotch Whisky Handicap Chase and Sandy Forster’s Turtle Spirit (4-1) sealed a tartan treble in front of a 3700 crowd.

John Wade’s exciting prospect Always Right (Evens fav) and Chris Dawson won the hunters’ chase on a great afternoon for punters.

Sa Suffit 

Winning The totesport.com Premier Steeple Chase

for The Proud to be Scottish Partnership, James Ewart & Denis O'Regan

(Photograph Courtesy of John Grossick Photography)