F EATURE HENRY DE BROMHEAD
For Henry de Bromhead, last year’s Cheltenham Festival was a week of previously unimagined success. Here, Nick Seddon caught up with the County Waterford trainer to find out how he is preparing for the most important week of this year… THE 2021 FEST I VAL KING HenrydeBromhead
I t is difficult to summarise just howmagical the 2021 CheltenhamFestival was for Henry de Bromhead’s Knockeen Racing operation. As records tumbled and big racewinner followed big racewinner, even the trainer himself could scarcely believewhat hewas seeing. Twelve months later, de Bromhead is still pinching himself after the historic feat of winning the Unibet Champion Hurdle, the BetwayQueenMother
Champion Chase and the CheltenhamGold Cup all in the sameweek. Any trainerwill tell you that training even just onewinner at The Festival™ is an impressive feat,which itself provides context for de Bromhead’s tally of sixwinners last year. On Gold Cupmorning, de Bromhead stood in the centre of the Cheltenham track and beamed from ear to ear as he spoke to ITVRacing andThe Jockey Club’s social media channels. His Festival week had been
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