MORLEY STREET, the 1991 Champion Hurdler, emphasised his well-being for the winter with success on the Flat at Doncaster yesterday. Toby Balding's gelding was making his first appearance on the level for 18 months, but still proved too good for his four rivals in the two-mile Doncaster Writers Stakes, taking up the running a furlong and a half out and going on to record a three-and-a-half length success. 'He's in good nick,' Toby Balding, his trainer, said. 'People don't realise what good horses there are jumping.'
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