Age: 6
Trainer: Nicky Henderson
Notable Race Wins:-
Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle: 2012
Mersey Novices' Hurdle: 2012
Arguably the most progressive hurdler of the 2011/2012 campaign, Nicky Henderson's Simonsig was simply sensational when romping to a seven-length victory in the Neptune Investmens Management Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
Having lost to Fingal Bay earlier in the season, many thought he wasn't perhaps able to perform at the highest level, but a facile win in the Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso was followed up with that Prestbury Park romp before he went on to bag victory in the Mersey Novices' Hurdle at Aintree, where he won by a stunning 15 lengths.
It's not yet known whether the Seven Barrows team will decide to keep him over the smaller obstacles and embark on a Champion Hurdle campaign, or they will step him up to fences and a possible tilt at the Arkle Challenge Trophy.
Whichever one Henderson elects, he is sure to be a major player and the ante-post markets have already seen him propel to clear favourite for the 2013 Arkle, whilst he sits just behind Hurricane Fly in the 2013 Champion Hurdle betting in what could be another cracking season for the improving grey.
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