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Henderson hails racegoers back at home of jumps racing
Executives expect only a few thousand at March meeting

Nicky Henderson was on the punters’ side of the fence here on Friday and enjoying every moment as around 2,000 racegoers returned to the home of jumping. “I’m playing as an owner rather than a trainer today, so I can’t be in there [the winner’s enclosure],” he said. “It’s lovely. It’s never a hollow feeling winning at Cheltenham, but it’s a lot better than the last one.”
A few hundred socially distanced spectators greeted Mister Fisher, Henderson’s winner of the Peterborough Chase, with polite applause rather than a hearty cheer, which is likely to be the norm until the Festival in March and beyond. But some other Cheltenham traditions – like a queue to get served at the burger van – were back, as the track took what Ian Renton, its managing director, called “a really important step” in the sport’s recovery from the huge losses inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading...