SIR ARISESMTELIOSSA ONTESASK FOR HENDERSON

Published date12 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
Forced to miss Cheltenham, Britain's best four-year-old oozed class in the Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle

Despite his unbeaten record and 11-10 starting price, Sir Gino set out as an unknown quantity at the two-mile start as Henderson's highest-profile runner since a grim Cheltenham Festival.

Concerns over the health of the trainer's horses were compounded by a bout of colic for champion hurdler Constitution Hill.

But Sir Gino rose to the challenge yesterday, finding plenty upsides filly Kargese to go past at a margin of three-and-a-quarter lengths.

"It means a lot," said

Henderson, winless at the Festival for the first time in 16 years and represented by just a handful of runners since.

"The good thing about bad days is you always hope there will be some light at the end of the tunnel.

"Every...

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