NICKY Henderson suffered his second shock reverse of Christmas when steeplechasing superstar Altior was well-beaten in Kempton’s Desert Orchid Chase.
IT was an unlikely contest '“ bargain buy Irish Roe, one of two horses trained by Northallerton farmer Peter Atkinson, versus Mohaayed who hails from the ambitious and expansionist yard of champion trainer aspirant Dan Skelton.
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