Nicky Henderson smashes Sir Alex Ferguson’s world record to land most expensive jumps horse ever for £1.2million

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NICKY HENDERSON volition bid the astir costly equine ever bought to spell implicit the jumps.

This year’s German Derby leader Palladium was snapped up for €1.4million (£1.2m) astatine the income successful France connected Saturday and the colt volition articulation Henderson for a run implicit hurdles.

The world's astir costly jumps equine ever sold, Palladium, who went for £1.2million, volition spell into grooming with Nicky Henderson aft being bought by Lady Bamford

Seven Barrows brag Henderson is awesome with hurdlers, arsenic has been proved with the likes of the unbeaten Constitution Hill

Lady Bamford, present with billionaire JCB brag Lord Bamford, has paid £1.2m for Palladium, who looks the benignant of equine who could spell for the Triumph Hurdle

It is astir TWICE the interest paid for the erstwhile record-holder, Regent's Stroll, who was bought by a syndicate including Sir Alex Ferguson for £660,000 successful July and sent to 14-time champion trainer Paul Nicholls.

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Sir Alex smashed his ain satellite grounds with that purchase, having antecedently snapped up Caldwell Potter for a then-record £633,000 successful February.

Palladium is the astir talented Flat equine to person been bought to spell implicit the sticks successful years.

The three-year-old was trained by Henk Grewe successful Cologne and was a astonishment victor of the German Derby astatine Hamburg backmost successful July, winning by a neck.

He was past of six connected his astir caller tally successful the Group 1 Preis von Europa past period earlier being flogged astatine the sales.

Hendo, 73, did not privation to remark but said the horse, present owned by long-time state Lady Bamford, woman of billionaire JCB brag Lord Bamford, had not yet arrived astatine Seven Barrows.

Is Palladium a Cheltenham victor successful waiting?

By Sam Morgan

Working retired wherever a equine whitethorn oregon whitethorn not tally successful 7 months' clip is anyone's guess.

And with regards Nicky Henderson and Palladium, it's highly apt the maestro trainer himself doesn't cognize excessively overmuch astatine the moment.

Of each the Cheltenham ante-post markets, the Triumph has the astir guesswork of any.

Little-known four-year-olds successful their archetypal play hurdling... bully luck with that!

But you tin lone usage the measures astatine manus and Palladium's whopping terms tag and signifier suggests helium is surely worthy of consideration.

He is by Gleneagles, who has sired erstwhile Group 1 winners Mill Stream, Highland Chief and Loving Dream, arsenic good arsenic superb King Edward VII Stakes victor Calandagan.

As does his owner, who won the Oaks with Soul Sister successful 2023 and whose Mister Coffey ran a brave contention successful the Grand National the aforesaid year.

It looks similar helium presently could beryllium the benignant of equine to contention the Triumph Hurdle astatine March's Cheltenham Festival if helium takes to jumping.

Henderson, the six-time champion trainer, ended past play successful large form, winning Grade 1s astatine Aintree and Sandown aft a miserable tally of signifier successful February and March.

A bug affected a fig of horses successful his yard, astir notably Constitution Hill, forcing him to retreat astir of his runners astatine past season’s Cheltenham Festival.

The unbeaten superstar is backmost successful rude wellness this year, according to Henderson, and is each acceptable to commencement his play successful adjacent month's Fighting Fifth hurdle astatine Newcastle.

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The Champion Hurdle volition beryllium his eventual goal, wherever helium looks similar helium could conscionable Willie Mullins' brace Lossiemouth and State Man.

Henderson's different superstar hurdler Sir Gino, who is unbeaten successful four, was 1 of galore who missed the Festival.

He returned for Aintree's Grand National gathering successful April wherever helium won their Grade 1 Juvenile Hurdle and could besides beryllium kept implicit hurdles.

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