Symonds' Song For Someone leaps into the Champion Hurdle charts

Tom Symonds graduated from the Nicky Henderson academy that has no equal when it comes to the Champion Hurdle and the trainer might now have a horse himself for the great race in Song For Someone, who landed the Coral Hurdle under his former Seven Barrows ally Nico de Boinville.

Named after a U2 hit, the five-year-old is a general 20-1 chance for the Unibet-backed championship, which Henderson has won a record eight times, including a brace when he employed Symonds as one of his assistants.

"I don't know if Song For Someone is a Champion Hurdle horse," said the affable Symonds.