Nicky Henderson keen to run Lulamba again this season - and outlines spring plans for Constitution Hill and Jonbon
Nicky Henderson is prepared to make a U-turn and consider another run for Lulamba after being surprised at how well his Triumph Hurdle runner-up has come out of Cheltenham.
It looked as though the Joe and Marie Donnelly-owned four-year-old was about to hand the Lambourn trainer a record-extending eighth win in the Grade 1, but he was pipped on the line by 100-1 shot Poniros, who was making his first start over hurdles for Willie Mullins.
Henderson believes Lulamba, who won at Ascot on his first start in Britain in January, will make a chaser in time, although there is a chance he could feature again before the end of the term.
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