CHIPPING Norton trainer Charlie Longsdon’s Scottish raid reaped rich reward with three winners at Musselburgh – topped by the aptly-named Forth Bridge for the Queen.

Longsdon sent five horses on the 674-mile round trip to the two-day meeting, and they all finished in the money.

Forth Bridge set the ball rolling on Saturday by landing the bet365 Scottish Triumph Hurdle Trial, and could now be a rare runner for Her Majesty at the Cheltenham Festival.

Despite renewing rivalry on worse terms, the gelding, named after the nearby historic river crossing, repeated his previous course-and-distance success over Warp Factor in determined fashion.

Noel Fehily set out to make all the running on the 9-1 shot and though he was headed at the third-last flight, he fought back to hold the Irish raider by three-quarters of a length.

Longsdon said: “I’m delighted with him. We always thought he was a nice horse, but they have to go and do it.

“He loves the hurdles and he’ll be a chaser in time.”

Now the trainer will consider the JCB Triumph Hurdle and the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle at the Festival for the Queen’s rising star.

The following day things got even better for Longsdon with Tree Of Liberty (5-1) and Monbeg Charmer (100-30) giving him a 25-1 double.

Tree Of Liberty caused an upset by lowering the colours of odds-on Burbank in the opening novices’ hurdle over an extended two miles and three furlongs.

Brian Hughes made the running on the five-year-old, before upping the tempo to see off the 30-100 favourite by a length and a quarter.

Longsdon said: “I thought we had a good little chance if we dictated from the front.”

Hughes repeated the tactics on Monbeg Charmer to take the Albert Bartlett Scottish Trial Novices’ Hurdle.

The six-year-old stayed on strongly in the three-mile contest to pass the post two and three-quarter lengths clear of Soupy Soups.