SEVEN hunter chases were run in Britain in the last two weeks and two of these were won by horses owned and ridden by Downpatrick-born David Maxwell.

In a four-horse race over three miles, two furlongs at Fontwell on Sunday, February 24th, the Richard Hobson-trained Shantou Flyer saw off the only other finisher, Southfield Vic, by 35 lengths. This brought up a hunter chase double for the 2010 Shantou gelding who had won a maiden hurdle at Downpatrick and four races over fences before his purchase by the London-based property investor last summer.