Nicky Henderson OBE

Six-time Champion Trainer

Nicky needs no introduction. The master of Seven Barrows has been Champion Trainer six times with over 3,000 winners, and is the most successful British trainer in Cheltenham Festival history. In 2026 he extended his record tally past 75 Festival winners when Old Park Star landed the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle (his sixth win in the meeting’s curtain-raiser), adding to a roll of honour that includes nine Champion Hurdles, six Queen Mother Champion Chases and two Gold Cups. He continues to send out the sport’s biggest names, among them the top-class Jonbon and exciting young chaser Lulamba.