Nicky Henderson has reacted to his poor results on the opening day of this year's Cheltenham Festival by withdrawing several runners including Jonbon and Shishkin.
Nicky Henderson has reacted to his poor results on the opening day of this year's Cheltenham Festival by withdrawing several runners including Jonbon and Shishkin. Henderson went into this year's festival under a cloud following the withdrawal of Champion Hurdle title holder Constitution Hill and a disappointing run of form from his stable as a whole.
'It was there for all to see that there is obviously something affecting nearly all our horses and consequently we have reluctantly decided that Jonbon, First Street and Kingston Pride will not run today. 'It is impossible to identify any reason for all the disappointments and none of these horses have given us any cause for concern and all yesterday's runners were scoped clean post race and I am glad to say all are sound this morning.
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