Step up in trip looks ideal for Nicholls hope

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Romain De Senam
3.15 Kempton
1pt win at 7-2 with bet365, Betfred, Sky Bet, William Hill, Ladbrokes, Coral, BoyleSports, Betway and 188Bet

Lightly raced five-year-old who was second in the Fred Winter at last year's Cheltenham Festival and finished six lengths behind subsequent Grade 1 winner and JLT runner-up Top Notch when second on his chase debut at Plumpton in November.

Paul Nicholls' gelding was undone in a muddling four-runner race at Newbury next time, but bounced back when making short work of a weak pair of rivals at 1-20 in a 2m Leicester novice chase in January. He looked the type who could go on from that.