Epatante can give Henderson eighth Champion HurdlePaul Townend: ‘Every jockey wants to have Ruby’s success’And feel free to email Niall, tweet him or post BTL 1.46pm GMT Notebook has jumped his way to the top of the two-mile novice chasers, just a year after being beaten 51 lengths in the Ballymore. Generally, you’d hope to see stronger hurdles form in an Arkle contender’s background but most of his rivals here don’t have much more to offer on that front. The exception would be Al Dancer, who won the Betfair Hurdle and started joint-favourite for the Supreme a year ago, but he hasn’t progressed over fences so far and got outpaced the last time. 1.43pm GMT So Shishkin defied gloomy pre-race predictions, and proved great value for those who stuck with him at 6-1. Nico de Boinville says “it wasn’t much fun to be honest. Everything that could go wrong did … but it just shows what a fantastic horse this is”. Nicky Henderson is made up, a fourth win in this race for the trainer, and a boost after the Altior news. Continue reading…
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