'Horses like Jonbon and I Am Maximus keep you going'

Jonbon: pricey purchase shone in a Newbury bumperCredit: Goffs UK

For the first time since 1998 Nicky Henderson did not have any runners in the Grade 1 novice hurdles at the Cheltenham Festival in March, but "it will be an awful disappointment if we haven't this season".

"Last year I was confident about the novice chasers and now it's the novice hurdlers," said the leader of Lambourn's highest-profile yard.

"I think this will be an exciting division for us and then next year I hope I'm talking about novice chasers again because the Jonbons and I Am Maximuses will be going over fences; they're the horses who keep you going."

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James BurnLambourn correspondent

Published on 19 September 2021inBritain

Last updated 18:29, 19 September 2021

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