well done ns at the price you got its a good bet at 5/4 and all the doubts no .and you have choices good luck.

"I promise he's 100%" - Nicky Henderson on Sir Gino & Cheltenham 2024 team update - Luck On Sunday.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW8Z9MR9_mI

was that the non runner 2 weeks prior that won the CH

Same horse, but the following year. Hendo said it was all systems go on the Saturday night, horse failed a drug test on the Sunday morning.

How would you train a horse not to like soft/heavy conditions?

If you tend to buy horses that have a very fluent low action at the gallop, they will probably run best on good ground. Older horses tend to come into their own on heavy. They are more experienced, a bit short of pace but more likely to keep going.

Mullins horses trained on very deep sand, no wonder his don't mind soft or heavy and was getting in a strop with the doubters who didn't want to run the last race last year cos of a patch of wet going.

Will he even be declared?

Been obvious for 3 weeks that they have an issue and the odd horse running well changes nothing. If you put 5 people in a room with heavy colds mixing with 5 others who have not got one, most of the second group will catch it but one or two won't.

Sore throats and raised blood levels of antibodies much more likely to be an infection than feed related.

Cold feet is HENDO!!!

Everything tickety boo on Sunday morning. He couldn't understand the drift on Saturday

out,out,out

very rarely any smoke without fire ! but most backers  woulda got out shirley

You can chalk me up as a naive mug who believed what Henderson said when interviewed.... 'I dont know where these crazy rumours come from , its one of those things they love to throw at you to test your mental agility. Crazy!'

Henderson was clearly lying. Probably so his team/mates could get out of their ante-post bets.

Newmarket, it's not like it's the first time Hendo has done something like this...

ITV are going to have a sympathy-fest purely for Nicky Henderson, no doubt today.

It's his owners I feel sorry for.
Horses wrapped in cotton wool for 11 1/2 months, solely for this week.

Think of all the big Saturday prizes and excitement for them, that is bypassed.

strontium - yes you are right. But that's why I feel like an idiot because he went on to Nick Luck and seemed very sincere. I hope he loses these horses now. He is clearly in decline as a trainer anyway. Win percentage going down, crap stable jockey, and falling way behind Nicholls in prize money. Only a handful of superstars is keeping him going and with those he is clearly managing them badly with over cautious programs.

So you lot missed the bits in the same interviews you quote (and all that I've seen) that his horses look fine but anyone that knows anything about horses knows that doesn't mean that much (some do some don't show illness better). He also said that even if they looked good if any minor thing was wrong they would not run. In other words do not back until you see them and even then.......
You lot do like to cherry pick your quotes, why ignore the facts (anyone backing hendo the last month should be prepare to lose it - ap bets as well) that his horses obv aren't running well and somethings wrong and then lie and infer you only backed his horse cos of what the (known liar to you) says? Grow up and blame yourselves for backing them and for listening to someone you think is a liar.

spyker .... Firstly ante-post bets go back more than three weeks in many cases. That aside I have blamed myself if you bothered to read what I said. I started this thread.
...I don't understand keyboard warriors like you who love to take any opportunity to attack and patronise people. So pathetic.