CHELTENHAM TUESDAY REPORT
Henderson mare takes Champion Hurdle

NICKY HENDERSON landed his eighth Champion Hurdle as Epatante made light work of her rivals
The 2-1 favourite brought up a record-equalling fifth win in the race for cool rider Barry Geraghty, coming home three lengths ahead of Sharjah.
Henderson said: “It’s a nice race, isn’t it? (My winning) goes back such a long time since the first one, which was 1985 with See You Then, so it’s quite a long time.
“She was always travelling and you were always quite pleased with where she was. Barry gave her a be...