HAVING featured in this column last week with their Portrush winner Golden Drumlee, who was due to come under the hammer at Cheltenham yesterday, Sean and Noel McParlan were delighted to see two former graduates of their Co Down yard in the winner’s enclosure this week.

First up, Drumlee Lad won his third race on the track, and his first over fences, when landing the two and a half mile novices’ handicap chase at Sedgefield on Tuesday for Johnny Farrelly. The Dublin-born trainer won 27 winners between the flags here in three seasons before turning professional.