Mine Betting

Nicky Henderson has twice received the British Jump Trainer Champion award, in 1986 and in 1987 and in terms of total Cheltenham Festival wins he has more than any other current trainer.

Coming from a privileged background he attended Eton College during the 1960s. Nicky Henderson’s father was a founding member of the Racecourse Holdings Trust and one of the races at the Cheltenham Festival was named after him following his death in 2003; the Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase. In the second year of this race it was Nicky who’s horse Greenhope went on to win it.

Nicky Henderson’s career in horseracing began as an amateur jockey but he turned to training race horses in 1974 when he was 24 years old.

Initially he worked as an assistant trainer but in 1978 became trainer at the Seven Barrows stables in Berkshire. It took a few years before his horses achieved notable success but in 1985 he won the Champion Hurdle on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival with See You Then. This was repeated in both 1986 and in 1987.

Further success at the Cheltenham Festival came in 1992 when his horse Remittance Man won the Queen Mother Champion Chase and in 2009 his horses Punjabi and Zaynar won the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle and the Triumph Hurdle respectively.

Nicky Henderson’s career has not been without some controversy. Moonlit Path is one of his horses that he is charged with training that belongs to the Queen. During a routine drugs test in 2009 it was found that this horse had been doped with a forbidden drug. The drug was tranexamic acid and it is used to reduce excessive bleeding. Hendersen admitted that he had been responsible for this and received a fine of £40,000 plus a three month ban on entering his horses in races. The ban was lifted in October 2009 in plenty of time for the Cheltenham Festival.

Though his reputation took somewhat of a hammering, the consensus is that he gained no advantage by using this drug and that it was used for the animal’s welfare. With 32 Cheltenham Festival winners to date, this year he intends to add to the total and is the current 2nd favourite in the Cheltenham Betting market for top trainer at the festival.

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In the world of sports betting, you can actually place different kinds of bets to stay profitable. One of my favorite bets is each-way bet — or each way betting. The betting strategy works best when you are making selections on events where there are more than 2 competitors, such as horse racing or championship outright. I’ve placed each-way bets to stay profitable before, and you can use the same strategy to enjoy bigger profits and reduce the risks at the same time.

Say you are betting on Arsenal to win this year’s Premier League for £10 wager. If you want to place each-way bets, you should split the wager in half and bet on Arsenal winning the Premier League using the first £5. Place the second £5 on Arsenal finishing the Premiership for ¼ of the first bet’s odds and you are all set. In certain bookmakers, especially the ones you can easily find online, there will be an option to place each-way bets automatically. Simply tick the box labeled E/W or Each-Way when you place your bet.

The second bet will act as safety net, or risk management, for your first bet. If Arsenal wins the championship, you will win both bets. If Arsenal finishes the league in second or third place, you will still win the second bet. As long as the second bet’s odds are no less that ¼ of the first bet’s, you will still be profitable — thanks to the second bet — as long as Arsenal finishes the championship.