Pateese set for debut delight

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KEMPTON: 2.20 Time Square, 2.50 Fairy Wing, 3.20 Silver Dixie, 3.50 Sillabub, 4.20 Songbird Blues, 4.50 Emulating, 5.20 Haaf A Sixpence, 5.50 Belinsky.

PLUMPTON: 12.40 Pendra, 1.10 PATEESE (NAP), 1.40 Bunglasha Lady, 2.10 Ballyman, 2.40 Little Roxy, 3.10 Laughing Game, 3.40 Kings Palace.

WOLVERHAMPTON: 1.25 Shy, 1.55 Trending, 2.30 Griffin Point, 3.00 Cerys, 3.30 Italian Riveria, 4.00 Sewn Up, 4.30 Bubbly Bailey, 5.00 Ebble.

DOUBLE: Pateese and Sillabub.

Pateese is definitely worth watching as he has his first outing over fences in the Jill's Big Birthday Beginners' Chase at Plumpton on Monday.

Philip Hobbs has evidently decided the time is right to switch from hurdling with Pateese rated on 140, the highest mark of his career to date.

The seven-year-old has certainly held his own over the smaller obstacles, finishing third in the 2011 Imperial Cup and hardly being disgraced when a close-up seventh in the conditionals' race at the Cheltenham Festival.

He also caught the eye when subsequently winning back at Prestbury Park in April before signing off with a fine effort when third at Haydock in May.

His mark obviously leaves little for Hobbs to work with though and as he can certainly jump a hurdle, there must be every hope he can transfer that ability to fences.

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Pateese set for debut delight