Emotional Leighton finishes career at Fontwell
Two-time Grand National winner Leighton Aspell bowed out a local hero on his home patch at Fontwell on Sunday, but could not quite complete the fairytale finale his fan club yearned for. There [...]
Altior returns to winning ways
Those that travelled in their thousands to Newbury hoping to witness Altior return to winning ways were not left disappointed – and for winning rider Nico de Boinville it was a victory that went [...]
Sky Bet Chase winner Ok Corral Grand National possible
The Randox Health Grand National remains the major omission from Nicky Henderson’s list of big-race wins but the performance of Ok Corral at Doncaster on Saturday means he and owner JP [...]
Equilateral wins listed handicap at Meydan
Equilateral has opened up his options with an impressive win in the Dubai Dash Listed Handicap at Meydan in his first start as a gelding. The Charlie Hills-trained five-year-old has not quite [...]
Altior misses Conti Chase at Kempton
Nicky Henderson was on Thursday devising a new plan of attack for Altior after removing him from Saturday’s Unibet Silviniaco Conti Chase, but admitted he would have liked to have run him [...]
Left, right – it makes not difference to Call Me Lord
Going left-handed did not stop Nicky Henderson’s Call Me Lord from taking the Unibet International Hurdle at Cheltenham. He had previously only run on right-handed tracks in this country since [...]
Top Notch battles to second Peterborough win
Top Notch demonstrated the best of his battling abilities and showed plenty of heart to claim a second Fitzdares Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon. After claiming the Grade Two prize in 2017 when [...]
Champ – ‘he just wanted to go round again’
Champ took his record to eight wins from 11 starts, but his victory in the Ladbrokes-sponsored Grade 2 novice chase came with high drama attached when the odds-on shot threatened to miss the [...]
£1k purchase lands Listed race for Jonathan Portman
The Jonathan Portman-trained two-year-old year filly Mild Illusion gunned down a strong looking field in the Listed Bosra Sham Stakes over 6f. Fancied and hugely expensive fillies from [...]
Janika wins Haldon Gold Cup despite top weight
Janika defied top weight to win the Coral Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter for Nicky Henderson. Thoroughly consistent last season since joining Henderson from France, the six-year-old had nevertheless [...]
