June McCombe has been stocking up her kennel with some useful talent in recent weeks and Swords Scolari is quickly making a name for himself at Belle Vue writes John Forbes.

Unsuccessful in four starts at Shelbourne last year, the September 2012 son of Scolari Me Daddy and Boozed Lorraine got off the mark in Manchester when winning an A1 a couple of weeks ago and he was the star of the show on Saturday night when he won the tracks “Main Event” A1 with a good display of front-running, covering the 470 metres in a calculated 27.94 on a slow track rated -80.