He made his racecourse debut in February 2002, winning a National Hunt Flat race at Ascot.
His trainer them immediately stepped him up to the top level, where he contested the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival.
The reigning Champion Hurdle winner, Hors La Loi was back in third place.
In his next start, the novice was sent off the 5/2 favourite for the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, where he finished third behind Rooster Booster.
He then resumed winning ways in the Agfa Hurdle at Sandown in February, before returning to the Cheltenham Festival, where he finished third in the Coral Cup.