ONCE again, a list in this column of Northern-bred winners is headed by The New One who, on Saturday, landed Haydock’s StanJames.com Champion Hurdle Trial (Grade 2) for the second year running.

Beaten seven lengths into second by Faugheen in the Christmas Hurdle (Grade 1) at Kempton last month, The New One had to be kept up to his work on Saturday by trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies’s son Sam before recording his 16th career success by two and a quarter lengths.