Nicky Henderson began his training career in 1978, after being the assistant to Fred Winter. He moved to the Seven Barrows yard with its private gallops in 1992 and has not looked back.
The yard has excellent facilities and plenty of land around for the horses to relax when out of training or between races.
Henderson has trained some of the greats down the years - Altior, Buveur d'Air, Epatante, L'Ami Serge, Might Bite, Shishkin, Sprinter Sacre and of course – Constitution Hill. Some of his horses have even featured in the annual Royal Ascot betting.
Here are ten Henderson-trained horses we think you should follow this season 2024/25:
Bear Market
Formerly trained by Philip Rowley, Bangor P-T-P and Aintree bumper scorer Bear Market is a new edition to the Seven Barrows team.
The Yeats-gelding looks an attractive proposition off those early indicators.
Excello
Touted as the next big thing to come out of Auteuil, Excello’s form went somewhat awry after he landed Ascot’s Graduation Chase.
I suspect the summer break will have done him the world of good and just like Arnie – he’ll be back!
Incisive
Cheltenham Festival winning owner Ronnie Bartlett was on hand to greet his well related debutant Incisive back into the winners' enclosure after the 3m Overton Point-to-Point back in March, and the six-year-old has now been placed with Henderson.
He could well turn out to be a surprise package.
Jonbon
Apparently Jonbon will be 'staying down the two-mile route' after Nicky Henderson and JP McManus had discussions recently.
The eight-year-old, who won the Grade 1 Melling Chase over two and a half miles last term, will be targeted at the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
Khrisma
Winner of an AQPS race at Lyon last October, Khrisma has somehow found herself based at Seven Barrows and in the ownership of the mighty JP McManus.
She’s an interesting little sort and appears to possess plenty of pace.
Kientzheim
Another AQPS purchase from France, and another shrewd pick up by JP McManus, Kientzheim could well be a name tripping off the tongue in this coming season.
It’s easy to see why they think she’s a good prospect if you watch her racing here.
Minella Premier
Minella Premier, a point-to-point winner in Ireland, has been described by Henderson as a "gorgeous individual who we’re very much looking forward to".
He was sold by John Nallen, the man behind the Minella stables responsible for former Gold Cup winner Minella Indo and Grand National hero Minella Times, so you’d like to think he’ll be making an impact this term.
Sir Gino
Purchased by Marie Donnelly after making a winning start on debut at Auteuil, the four-year-old was impressive on his UK debut when winning by 14 lengths at Kempton.
After slamming Burdett Road in the Grade 2 Finesse Juvenile Hurdle at Cheltenham last January, Sir Gino was made odds on for the Triumph Hurdle but sadly never made it there.
However he did return in the Grade 1 Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle at Aintree, which he won with relative ease. He’ll be winning many more races this season, mark my words.
Sutherland
Flemensfirth-gelding Sutherland isn’t a horse that immediately springs to mind when you begin to draw up a list of potential Henderson winners this year, but he may well turn out to be an ace in the pack.
Forget his one and only run in a Punchestown bumper, his lineage will come into play soon enough.
Tradecraft
Tradecraft will go novice hurdling this time around after being very competitive in two classy bumpers at Ascot and Kempton.
The five-year-old gelding could be absolutely anything going forward.
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