TRAINERS Philip Hobbs and Johnson White, who are based at Bilbrook in West Somerset, enjoyed their biggest success of the season when Kap Vert, won the Scottish Grand National at Ayr on Saturday.

Ridden by Sean Houlihan and going off at 20-1 the horse owned by a local group ‘If The Kap Fits’ won the four mile chase to lift the first prize of £112k.

Back at the yard on Monday morning Johnson White said: “It was pretty phenomenal to say the least and this is our biggest win of the season. It was a long way to go but well worth the journey for sure.”

“Kap Vert has won twice at Taunton this season which has been great for the group of owners which everyone thoroughly enjoyed, but winning the Scottish National took it to a whole new level.

“Most of the owners were there on Saturday which was great and Kap Vert will be parading at Taunton ahead of their meeting on Wednesday.”

Earlier in the day Captain Hugo was second at 7-2 at Ayr also ridden by Sean Houlihan.

“Sean, who has been at the yard for 10 years, has had a really good season as well and this was a great way to celebrate and start to round things off for him.”

Johnson went on: “This means so much to the yard, it’s great for the whole team, for everyone involved in the yard and everyone who is supporting us. It’s great for the owners to know they have got a nice horse to look forward to for next season. It will also hopefully encourage other people from the outside to come to us with their horses.”

He added: “Both horses have come out of the race really well and are now looking forward to a nice long summer holiday.”