Punchestowns set to swerve Cheltenham, reveals Henderson

NICKY HENDERSON has effectively ruled Punchestowns out of the Cheltenham Festival and is considering giving the chestnut a run at the racecourse which has lent him his name.

Punchestowns set to swerve Cheltenham, reveals Henderson
Thu, 03 Mar, 2011 - 00:00
Tom Peacock

Although entered in both the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Ladbrokes World Hurdle, Henderson is looking away from those events.

Punchestowns finally managed a win this season with a fairly unconvincing defeat of Pasco at Kempton last month.

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