Hugo there for Parker

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.

Owners Ray and Anita Green are enjoying a splendid run, with their colours having now been carried to victory 16 times this season, and the former said: “Hugo had a wind operation after being pulled up in the Eider Chase last season.