Denman lost nothing in defeat in Hennessy

NO National Hunt racing today or, you’d imagine, for the foreseeable future gives us a chance to draw breath.

First up we have to talk about Denman and that gallant effort when third to Diamond Harry and Burton Port in last Saturday’s Hennessy at Newbury.

I thought he’d nearly win, but hindsight is wonderful and, I suppose, it was a big ask attempting to give lumps of weight away to two progressive young horses.