CHELTENHAM: Simonsig is the real deal

He may have only beaten the well-exposed Baily Green by two and a quarter lengths in the Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy, but do not doubt that Nicky Henderson’s Simonsig is the real deal.

He did plenty wrong through the contest, but was able to shrug it all off and still do the business.

The seven-year-old pulled like the proverbial train in the early part of the race and that usually means certain defeat round here.