Heritage, at 120,000 guineas the most expensive horse bought at auction to go jumping, opened his account over timber in the Kelso Members Juvenile Novices' Hurdle at Kelso yesterday.
The four-year-old, formerly trained by John Gosden, is now owned and trained by Sue Bramall in Wexford. Paul Carberry was on board Heritage, who struck the front soon after the last and only needed to be pushed out to beat Job Rage by eight lengths.
Bramall's assistant Michael Stanners said: "He will go straight to Aintree for the Glenlivet Hurdle now. After that he may have a break and will possibly run again on the Flat.
"He is on the market and anyone who wants a half share should get in touch. He wasn't brilliant when we started jumping him over poles but he has always been good over hurdles."
Leviticus showed battling qualities when rallying bravely to land the £20,000-added Hennessy Cognac Special Series Novices' Hurdle Final. Racing off bottom weight, Jason Callaghan's mount cut out the running until the favourite, Deep Water, jumped ahead at the last.
However, Leviticus refused to accept defeat and stayed on strongly on the stiff run-in to poke his head in front close home and win by a length and a quarter.
Winning trainer Tom Tate said: "This horse wants further and he will make a nice staying hurdler.
"We gave him a break of 104 days since his last run as he hasn't had any time off since he was a two-year-old."
Swanbister looks an exciting recruit, as he proved when registering an impressive six lengths success in the Cyril Alexander Memorial Novices' Chase.
Len Lungo's gelding barely put a foot wrong as he coasted home under Robbie Supple by six lengths from Callernoy.
Lungo said: "Robbie said he settled a lot better which made him easier to ride as he didn't put up any fight today. It wasn't the best race but if I'm right he could have kept that up for another mile.
"He's not in at Cheltenham and if the ground is soft enough he'll have a crack at the Tote final at Uttoxeter the Saturday after the festival."
Kelso specialist Davy Blake recorded his sixth win at the Scottish track when storming home by 14 lengths from Major Bell in the Moet and Chandon Handicap Chase.
Trained just 18 miles away at Jedburgh by permit holder Norman Dalgetty, the 11-year-old has yet to win away from his happy hunting ground.
Dalgetty said: "This was a good birthday present for me as I was 75 on Monday.
"I've been coming here for 50 years and I've always loved the place. It's a great day as neither Davy Blake nor myself have been keeping well. He's had leg trouble and I've been bothered with my heart and cancer."
