Forty years on from his first Cheltenham festival success, with See You Then in the 1985 Champion Hurdle, Nicky Henderson is still at the peak of his profession – and still taking nothing for granted.
“The only time I’ve ever been confident about anything was Altior’s Supreme [Novice Hurdle in 2016],” Henderson said on Monday. “It didn’t matter what Willie [Mullins] brought over that year, he wasn’t going to beat him.
