Henderson escapes any BHA action

THE BHA have confirmed that no action will be taken against Nicky Henderson following the trainer’s revelation that he’d placed a bet on himself saddling no winners at Cheltenham.

Rule (C) 64 of the Rules of Racing states that ‘A trainer must not lay with a Betting Organisation any horse under his care or control to lose a race... instruct another Person to do so, or... receive the whole or any part of any proceeds of such a lay.’

Explaining the decision not to punish the trainer, Paul Struthers, Head of Communications for the Authority, said: “Whilst no one has suggested that Nicky Henderson would have wanted to train no winners at the Cheltenham Festival, it is the Authority’s view that, if the bet was placed, it was ill-judged and inappropriate.