Nicky Henderson waves goodbye to £ 650,000 to horses in the midst of the fire of the top owner

Nicky Henderson waved goodbye to £ 650,000 in horses at the sale – as a top owner considerably reduced his operation.

A total of six Olly Harris ownership horses went under the hammer under the banner of Henderson’s Seven Barrows Yard on the Goffs Doncaster Auction.

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The most important of them was a triple winner and a huge promising sorting Kingston Pride.

Bought for about £ 160,000 in April 2023, Henderson with Tand and Nagel fought to keep the six -year -old in his garden.

But in an almighty sales ring with rival trainer Olly Murphy, he had to give up the fight when the figure hit £ 285,000.

Kingston Pride – who will now be owned by Grahame and Diana Whateley of Thomas Darby Fame – was one of the two Harris horses who went for six digits.

The other was Haddex des Obeaux, who never really walked under Henderson, but was still mentioned as under his care after eight points for Gary Moore.

The eight -year -old gelding, who was last seen as third to Jonbon in the Tingle Creek, was purchased for £ 105,000 by prominent Scottish owner Jimmy Fyffe and will now be trained by Donald McCain.

But Kingston Pride – who called Hendo a ‘really the right type’ after his last victory in Kempton in March – was the one who really wanted the legendary boss.

However, he had to say goodbye when Murphy hit the crucial blow.

The Bet365 Gold Cup-winning trainer said: “It’s a shame for Nicky, I would like to be in the position he is in when you train such a horse and can’t keep it.

“But he is the horse that we wanted for the past three days.

“He was a lot of money, but hopefully he is the type of horse that can run and follows and chases and chases.”

The setback came afterwards Henderson was also overbid in the battle for £ 300,000 Poetisa by Willie Mullins.

And he also had to say goodbye to Timetoshine – a serial winning mare who is to the US – for £ 145,000.

Among the other Harris horses sent by Henderson was Willmount, whose value fell by £ 320,000 since he was last sold.

After he won a newbury starting obstacle with 13 lengths on his first run for Henderson, Willmount was sent 9-4 for the degree 1 2023 Challow.

But he was picked up and then fell on Chase debut almost a year later before he flopped at 6-4 FAV for a Kempton Handicap Ondernemnis during his most recent run in December last year.

Bought for £ 340,000 in February 2022 he was sold to Irish Grand National and National Hunt Chase-winning trainer Rebecca Curtis for only £ 22,000.

Chris Gordon bought two-time winner Bo Zenith for £ 55,000, while Inneston (who is closely related to Cheltenham Festival winners Delta Work and Jazzy Matty) and Diyaken were sold for £ 15,000 and £ 20,000 respectively.

Harris – Die Won enormously on the Grand National 2024 – Sold some of his other horses, including £ 240,000 purchase of Peaky Boy and £ 70,000 Break My Soul earlier this year.

While he also gave the ownership of in the air, Kansas du Berlais, Montys Soldier and Perseus Way also this year.

Minella Premier, a purchase of £ 400,000 by Henderson at the same sale last year, never walked for the Seven Barrows boss and was originally mentioned for sale before he was withdrawn.

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