The Nicky Henderson Thread 2018/2019

It's ok. He regularly reads this forum so I know he's currently sitting there personally tubbing the offending foot! After all, he's done as I suggested with Might Bite........:whistle:
 
Santini still has problems

WITH regards to Santini, everybody saw the video I posted on my twitter on Wednesday and after two very good days we thought everything was fine and we were through it but unfortunately he wasn’t as good this morning and the issue has reared its ugly again so we’ve had to remove the shoe and put a poultice back on his foot. It is 100% the foot, and absolutely nothing else, but because we’ve had to continue riding him it’s obviously jigged it up again which has not helped. It’s a very common issue and in any normal circumstance, you’d give them a few days off to allow the foot to heal and then carry on, but because we are in a race against time with four/five days to go we’ve had to crack on which has lead us back here. I think we are better than going back to square one and I’m hoping the poultice does its job as I really did think we’d seen the end of the problem but we obviously haven’t. The team are doing their very best and I am still hopeful that we will get there in time. Any further updates will follow.
 
A decision on Santini will not be made until tomorrow morning according to Nicky Henderson: "He's doing well and has been out and cantered this morning. He's done everything we wanted but we won't be making a final decision until tomorrow morning."
 
Amazingly Buveur D'Air has his own twitter account :lol:


Twas d night b4 Chelters,all thru d Land
Tickets were booked,Journeys were Planned
Opinions exchanged,often verbal
No way cud HE win a 3rd Champion Hurdle
Approaching d last,Baza still Swinging
Ruby flat out,Jack only clinging
Clear up d hill he nobly skates'
BVD one of the greats
 
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If I owned Altior, I wouldn't give a cluck about what anyone thinks about racing him over further, I would just give thanks I owned him, and would see no reason why I would have to pander to any thing that anyone else thinks about what I should do with my horse because it is perceived that other horses 'run scared' of him, and no one wants to take him on.
 
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