Alastair Down: Nicky Henderson, the visionary who is losing the power to see

Legendary Racing Post writer Alastair Down has died at the age of 68. To celebrate his remarkable life, we will be republishing some of his finest work, including this piece written following Champ's last-gasp victory in the RSA Chase.

This article was first published on March 12, 2020.

On an afternoon when odds-on Champion Chase banker Defi Du Seuil ran flatter than the Russian steppe and universal hopes of a rampant Tiger Roll were hammered into submission on the anvil of the cross-country, it is to Champ’s surge to snatch the RSA that we must turn.