
Copeland North West began the new racing season with a 70-mile pipe opener from Charnock Richard.
It proved a hugely successful race for the veteran Whitehaven fancier Billy Cottier who took all six tickets.
Result (7 sent 93): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, W Cottier 1659, 1644.8, 1644.4, 1625, 1622.7, 1622.03.