In the second half, he scored two more goals, completing a perfect hat-trick.

His third goal came near the end of the game when he ran through to complete his hat-trick.

Friio went on to complete his hat-trick, scoring in the 36th and 89th minutes.

Saha completed his hat-trick on 76 minutes to restore the balance.

The third horse to win the event three times was Persian War, who completed his hat-trick in 1970.

Payton could have completed a hat-trick a minute later but shot wide when it looked easier to score.

He completed a hat-trick the following year with M Bowes.

While outright victories were not to be recognised until years later, they had completed a hat-trick of 'first to the line' wins.

The competition is now its 22nd year but the latest win completes a hat-trick for Scottish chippies.

A single championship title was captured in 1927 before completing a hat-trick of county titles in 1929, 1930 and 1931.