Cyclone set for Dial-A-Bet Trainer Shark Hanlon is eyeing a tilt at the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase with Hidden Cyclone following his superb run in defeat at Cheltenham on Saturday. Despite winning at Listowel in September, Hidden Cyclone was a 20/1 shot for the Paddy Power Gold Cup, but outran those odds with a fine effort to finish third. Hanlon feels his stable star will benefit from coming back in distance, with a trip to Leopardstown's Christmas meeting, and a likely clash with Sizing Europe, now on the agenda. Hanlon said: "It was a super run as he was giving nearly a stone to the two horses in front of him and the horse than finished behind him. "He was cruising coming down the hill and had a lot of horses off the bridle, but I just felt he didn't quite get home. "Two and a half miles around Cheltenham is tougher than anywhere else, but I think we might bring him back in trip now and run him in the Dial-A-Bet at Leopardstown at Christmas over two miles and one (furlong). "I think that was his best run ever on Saturday and it's a bit frustrating that he got 4lb more running in England than he would have in Ireland. There were other Irish horses in the entries who didn't go up at all. "That extra 4lb could have made a difference. I think he's entitled to win a big one."
