@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@ - +Nicky Henderson says Sprinter Sacre is in 'seriously good shape' ahead of his attempt to regain his Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase crown on March 11.<br>The clash between the 2013 winner, last year's Gary Moore-trained victor Sire De Grugy, with Paul Nicholls' rising [https://www.change.org/search?q=star%20Dodging star Dodging] Bullets thrown in, is one of the races of the Cheltenham Festival.<br>Second place in Ascot's Clarence House Chase last month after over a year on the sidelines recuperating from a fibrillating heart problem, put Sprinter Sacre back in the game but left question marks over how much ability the gelding who won the 2013 Champion Chase by an effortless 19 lengths actually retains.<br> Nicky Henderson says Sprinter Sacre is in 'seriously good shape' ahead of the Cheltenham Festival in March<br> Henderson is pictured with Sprinter Sacre during a visit to Seven Barrows Stables ahead of the festival<br>Henderson, the most successful trainer in Festival history, said: 'I am not saying he is totally unbeatable, which he was for two year.<br><br>It didn't matter what anyone threw at him. But he is in seriously good shape, as good as we've been for a long time.<br> <br> 'It will be the clash of the meeting - a hell of a race.<br><br>They have got our crown and we want back. I think we have a good chance.'<br>In a stuttering season, [https://dekamusic.ru настройка гитары онлайн] Henderson expects to have over 30 Festival runners with the strength loaded in the novice hurdle division.<br> Josses Hill and Barry Geraghty win the International Festival For Buisness 2014 Top Novices Hurdle Race<br>The combined force of Peace And Co, Hargam and Top Notch mean the [http://dig.ccmixter.org/search?searchp=Triumph%20Hurdle Triumph Hurdle] is probably the prize he is best placed to win while Tolworth Hurdle winner L'Ami Serge yesterday earned a positive mention before takes on Willie Mullins-trained hotpot in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle.<br>Caracci Apache, Out Sam and Vyta Du Roc are intended runners in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle but Henderson's only possible Neptune Investment Novices' Hurdle runner, Kilcrea Vale, has still to convince his trainer to run him.<br>Novice chaser Josses Hill, last season's Supreme Novices' Hurdle runner-up, takes on short-priced Arkle Chase favourite Un de Sceaux despite his jumping looking shaky so far.<br> Caracci Apache ridden by Nico de Boinville on their way to victory in the Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle<br>Henderson, who said 2013 Gold Cup winner Bobs Worth is over an illness he suffered after finishing unplaced in Ireland's Lexus Chase at Christmas, said: 'Barry (Geraghty) is very keen on him. <br>'I asked him if he wanted to switch to two and a half mile race (JLT Novice Chase) and he said no.<br><br>He is keen to go and chase Un De Sceaux round. He says two miles around Cheltenham is what Josses Hill wants - the faster the better.'<br> Un De Sceaux races clear to win the the Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Steeplechase in Ireland<br> Ma Filleule ridden by Barry Geraghty win the Topham Chase at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool<br>Josses Hill is one of 12 horses to work at Kempton this morning, including his Champion Hurdle outsider Vaniteux.<br>He has ruled dual Grade One winner Beat That out of the World Hurdle but could still be doubly represented in the race by Blue Fashion and Whisper.<br>Ma Filleule heads for the Ryanair Chase rather than the Gold Cup.<br> Vyta Du Roc ridden by jockey Barry Geraghty wins the The Neptune Management Novices Hurdle Race<br> RELATED ARTICLES <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>15 shares