AMONG the many former northern-trained point-to-pointers who were recently successful on the racecourse, pride of place across the water has to go to Blaklion.

The 2009 Kayf Tara gelding followed up his win at Haydock in November with another at the same track last Thursday week. The bay is now trained by Dan Skelton whose brother Harry was in the saddle for these two wins which were both recorded on heavy ground.