ANOTHER set of well-known northern colours carried to victory during the past week or so were those of Tilly Conway whose Dixie Lee initiated a double at Down Royal last Friday for trainer Dermot ‘Red’ McLoughlin.

The six-year-old Holy Roman Emperor bay, who won the two-mile Allied Bakeries Mares Maiden Hurdle by two lengths under Mark Enright on her first start over jumps, was bred by the owner’s husband, Pat.