Alex Ferguson’s great run continues as he gets two more winners at Newbury

• Fergie’s syndicate adds another £19,000 prize money
• Both horses could be targeted at Cheltenham Festival

Sir Alex Ferguson’s remarkable run of form as the co-owner of an ever-expanding team of racehorses continued here on Friday as Regent’s Stroll and Kalif Du Berlais completed a double in the first two races of Newbury’s winter carnival meeting.

The victories added about £19,000 to the prize money earnings of syndicates in which Ferguson is involved in the current National Hunt season, which is just a fraction of the £472,000 won by Spirit Dancer, the former Manchester United manager’s best Flat horse, in the Bahrain International Trophy earlier this month.

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