{"id":295119,"date":"2023-11-26T00:24:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T00:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295119"},"modified":"2023-11-26T00:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T00:24:28","slug":"shishkins-refusal-to-start-causes-a-headache-for-nicky-henderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/horse-racing\/shishkins-refusal-to-start-causes-a-headache-for-nicky-henderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Shishkin&apos;s refusal to start causes a headache for Nicky Henderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Shishkin&#8217;s refusal to start at Ascot has caused a King George VI headache for trainer Nicky Henderson as he looks for prep race ahead of Boxing Day<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Shishkin&#8217;s refusal to start at Ascot has caused a headache for Nicky Henderson<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pic D&#8217;Orhy won the\u00a0Grade 2 Nirvana Spa 1965 Chase in Shishkin&#8217;s absence<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Henderson is now looking for a prep race ahead of the\u00a0King George VI Chase<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Odds-on favourite Shishkin&#8217;s refusal to start at Ascot\u00a0on Saturday has left trainer Nicky Henderson with a massive headache.<\/p>\n<p>The recalcitrance effectively handed the Grade 2 Nirvana Spa 1965 Chase to Pic D&#8217;Orhy, while leaving Henderson searching for options to give Shishkin a prep race ahead of the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n<p>Shishkin has shown reluctant tendencies before and during races, but this was a whole new level of obstinacy, with jockey Nico de Boinville helpless to get him to move.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson said: &#8216;He is a quirky character at times but he will never turn his head.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was in a mood today and he wasn&#8217;t for moving. I wish I could tell you more but I can&#8217;t &#8211; I can&#8217;t read his head.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/22\/78236433-12791295-image-a-84_1700951724433.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Shishkin&#8217;s refusal to start at Ascot has left trainer Nicky Henderson with a massive headache<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/23\/78237573-12791295-image-a-33_1700955199047.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pic D&#8217;Orhy (blue) won Nirvana Spa 1965 Chase by 16 lengths after battling off Straw Fan Jack<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My biggest concern would be how can I guarantee he wouldn&#8217;t do the same thing in the King George. The start at Kempton worries me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Pic D&#8217;Orhy, trained by Paul Nicholls, won by 16 lengths but initially had to battle hard to fend off 40-1 runner-up Straw Fan Jack, leaving jockey Harry Cobden underwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p>Pic D&#8217;Orhy was one of four winners on the day for Cobden.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/racing\/article-12791295\/Shishkins-refusal-start-Ascot-caused-King-George-VI-headache-trainer-Nicky-Henderson-looks-prep-race-ahead-Boxing-Day.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shishkin&#8217;s refusal to start at Ascot has caused a King George VI headache for trainer Nicky Henderson as he looks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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