Sue and Harvey Smith certainly have an eye for a bargain and they completed a double at Kelso today with Royal Emperor and Cill Churnain, who between them cost less than 6,000gns.

Andrew Parker gained the biggest success of his three-year training career when Hugo De Grez put up a game staying performance under Brian Storey to win the £20,000 (€31,300) Tote Placepot Champion Chase at Kelso.