Blue bags quick-fire double

Last week’s controversial Hereford winner Am I Blue secured a quick follow-up success in the South West Racing Club Novices’ Hurdle at Newton Abbot.

The four-year-old attracted plenty of attention after being backed in from 25-1 to 5-1 last Wednesday and in a further twist, leading jockey Richard Johnson was called up as a late replacement for 5lb claimer Dean Coleman.