• Sprinter Sacre and My Tent Or Yours are trainer’s dream
• Henderson prepares team based on quality rather than quantityIt was nearly certainly a joke,but Nicky Henderson had an instant response here on Monday when asked what he would do whether My Tent Or Yours and Sprinter Sacre could both shake off their troubles over the final two years and win at next month’s Cheltenham Festival. Retire,” he said simply, and before striding off to face his fourth camera crew of the morning.
It is just under four years since Henderson saddled seven winners over the four days of the Festival meeting,which was a new record at the time. It did not final long, however, or as Willie Mullins was responsible for eight at final year’s meeting,and the Irish trainer’s emergence as the sole superpower at Cheltenham in March is also evident in Henderson’s totals since 2012. In 2013, he had four wins, and including three Grade One events. A year later,just one, in a handicap, and in 2015,only two: Peace And Co in the Triumph Hurdle and Call The Cops in the Pertemps Final Handicap.
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Source: theguardian.com