Henderson’s three winners in consecutive races included an easy success for Might Bite, the Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up, in the Betway Bowl and a three-length victory in the Aintree Hurdle for L’Ami Serge, a horse whose appetite for a battle has sometimes been called into question. We Have A Dream, a 2-1 chance, set the ball rolling in the Anniversary Juvenile Hurdle. Gallery Exhibition was the last of the 12 finishers behind Balnaslow and Derek O’Connor, who appeared as delighted after winning the “amateurs’ National” as he was after landing the Irish Gold Cup against professional riders in February. “Personally, it’s a massive achievement for me as there’s something about the challenge and the trials and tribulations of Aintree,” O’Connor said. “The ground was a bit dead and tacky, but because it was fresh ground, it rode quite nicely.

Source: The Guardian April 12, 2018 14:40 UTC