Bobs the job for Henderson

Nicky Henderson feels he has not spotted an exceptional rival from another stable to prevent him from lifting the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup once again.

While re-iterating that “I don’t think anything has ever changed” with Long Run, the 2011 winner who was back to form with a second King George VI Chase at Kempton on St Stephen’s , the focus is very much on his ante-post favourite Bobs Worth.

Successful on his previous visit to Prestbury Park in last year’s RSA Chase, Bobs Worth has appeared just once this season when beating Tidal Bay in the Hennessy Gold Cup.