Knockara Beau justified prohibitive odds of 1-8 in the John Smith's Paris Pike Novices' Chase at Kelso.

Boris The Blade (11-1) gave Saltburn trainer Tina Jackson her first winner since the grey struck twice in March with a game win in the totetrifecta Handicap Hurdle at Hexham.

Scottish trainer Donal Whillans was back in the winner’s enclosure after a lengthy absence with a telling success in the Guiness Handicap Hurdle at Newcastle.