Seven Barrows is where it’s happening!

Seven Barrows is the place to be right now if you’re a horse, and it’s not a bad place to be as a guest of Nicky Henderson’s either.

As regular readers know, Nicky and I are friends for many years and I stay with him at Lambourn during the festival. It’s an ideal base and while he is invariably even more involved in proceedings than I am, we can unwind and relax when we return from the racing.

We always have a party and that party took place last night after a truly historic day for Nicky when he trained four winners, becoming the first trainer to hit four in one day. As well as that, he set a new mark as the most successful handler ever at the festival, bringing his tally to 44 when Une Artiste won the Fred Winter from Edeymi and Davy Russell. The previous record was set by Fulke Walwyn and I know it means a lot to Nicky to surpass the figure set by such a legend of the game.