Cheltenham Festival 2019: Nicky Henderson stars Santini and Might Bite school over fences at Newbury
Nico de Boinville schooled the high-class pair on Sunday morning in part of their final Festival preparations
NICKY Henderson schooled some of his star chasers at Newbury on Sunday morning.
Santini, Might Bite and On The Blind Side popped 10 fences each as they gear up for the Cheltenham Festival.
Santini is the favourite for the RSA Chase, while Might Bite will be looking to rescue a disappointing season in the Gold Cup.
On The Blind Side is also on course for a start in the three-mile RSA on 13 March.
Nico de Boinville partnered both Santini and Might Bite in their workouts, while Noel Fehily was aboard On The Blind Side.
Speaking on Racing TV, Henderson said: "They all jumped 10 fences and then just had a spin up the straight. It was great.
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“I needed to get something into them, especially the two novices, Santini and On The Blind Side, and it was just as much for Might Bite as well.
“They jumped the fences down the back twice and then we sent them up the straight.
“Might Bite is in very good order. He has to bounce back and we were very pleased with him.
“His work has been very good the last couple of weeks and today was great. We tinkered with his wind again and it usually does help them when you do that.
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“Santini was good. I would have liked to have run in the Reynoldstown at Ascot but we were forced out of that so that is what we were doing today
“He’s in good shape. He is a big horse. He does take quite a lot of work so we’ve has to press a little bit and today was a big step forward.
“When On The Blind Side went to Kempton, he took a little bit of warming up.
"He was a bit the same just over the first couple of fences today, but the second time he was really good.”
