raced keenly and kept wide tracking winner, pushed along and outpaced turning in, not fluent last, no chance with winner
jumped well, made all, ridden clear turning in, unchallenged
held up in 3rd, pushed along and outpaced after 3 out, ridden and beaten after next
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Dual hurdles winner ATHOLL STREET struggled in Grade 2 company last time. But he can include the high-class chaser Kicking King in his pedigree and Paul Nicholls’ charge is taken to make a winning debut over the larger obstacles. Paddys Motorbike is another progressive hurdler that came up short in a Graded contest last time and also debuts over fences but Cenotice won a chase at Perth earlier and is preferred to Storm Rising as he drops back down in trip.
Atholl Street (IRE) 7-4fav (11-2) Raced keenly, led, hit 2nd, headed and weakened rapidly after 3 out, tailed off and pulled up before next, at Kempton 2m (1) gd in Feb.
Paddys Motorbike (IRE) 9-2fav (10-10) Led, not fluent 2nd, headed before mistake 2 out, held after, lost 4th last, 5th of 12, 13 3/4l behind Craigneiche (10-6) at Ascot 2m 3f hcp (1) sft in Jan.
Cenotice 15-2 (11-11) Soon chasing leaders on inside, hit 5 out, awkward and weakened 2 out, 5th of 7, 13l behind Tanarpino (11-6) at Bangor-on-Dee 2m 4f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Storm Rising (IRE) 40-1 (10-0) Chased leaders out wide, mistake and bumped 6th, lost place when mistake 8th, tailed off next, pulled up 2 out, at Stratford 2m 3f hcp (2) gd in Aug.