Gordon Brown – Race Reporter
Gordon has a wealth of experience of racing through his background in the written and broadcast media. His current principle role is reporting and supporting the scene in Scotland on Racing TV and relaying the latest news with Scottish angles.
Bretney, sent off at 12/1, was an all-the-way winner of the Bruce Farms Scottish Borders National at Kelso.
Ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies and trained by Henry Daly, he stormed home ten lengths clear of Your Own Story in the £50,000 marathon.
“He’s incredibly game,” the winning jockey said. “You get two versions of this horse- when he’s in that mood he’s unstoppable and hard to pass but then you get the version that saw him well beaten at Bangor last time.
“He’s a likeable horse and a good jumper. He clearly likes travelling as he’s also won the Highland National at Perth and the North Wales National at Bangor so we’ll need to keep him on the move!
“When he’s on a going day he’s quite good as he can get into a good rhythm on the front end. Then you can just jump from fence to fence and take on board as much oxygen as possible along the way.”
Nells Son landed his fourth course victory in the inaugural running of the £75,000 Richard Landale Memorial Handicap Chase for Danny McMenamin an Nicky Richards.
The day started with an impressive win for Sandy Thomson’s Dedicated Hero with further Scottish success for Ewan Whillans-trained Cracking Rhapsody and Whistle Stop Tour saddled by Lucinda Russell.