#Iberico Lord

Kempton hosts an absolutely cracking card on St Stephen's Day as some of the UK's best National Hunt horses do battle. The King George is the feature race of the day at 2.30pm, but it's a cracking support card too with old rivals Champ and Paisley Park set to do battle again in the rearranged Long Walk hurdle before Champion Hurdle favourite…

Nicky Henderson tends to target a smart sort at the two-mile novice hurdle (12:10) that kicks off Kempton's Boxing Day card and he has won the prize five times in the last ten years, most notably in 2015 with Altior who memorably went on to win a red-hot running of the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Henderson had Mares'…

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Nicky Henderson: runs Iberico Lord This first step on the road to the Supreme Novices' Hurdle announced Altior on the big stage in 2015, but the subsequent winners developed into top-class handicappers rather than superstars. I Like To Move It, For Pleasure, Hang In There, Elixir De Nutz, Slate House and Moon Racer were County Hurdle types rather…

Day three of the November Meeting at Cheltenham on Sunday features the reappearance of Arkle Chase winner Edwardstone for a cracking Shloer Chase showdown with reigning champ Nube Negra. There's also the fiercely competitive Greatwood Hurdle and a Supreme Novices' Hurdle Trial that features an exciting Nicky Henderson import from France in familiar…