Walsh gets the best out of Cenkos

PAUL NICHOLLS was left puzzling over the enigma that is Cenkos after the 7-1 chance had surprised everyone to score on his first run since May at Cheltenham yesterday.

Overweight and expected to need the outing, Cenkos was one of three horses Nicholls had planned to run in the two-mile Beards Jewellers Cup.

But fears that the ground would be unsuitably fast led the trainer to pull out Le Roi Miguel from the race, enabling first-choice jockey Ruby Walsh to get on board the winner.