IT was a mixed day for Nicky Henderson, who rightly pointed out that Barry Geraghty’s wellbeing was far more important than what might have happened in the race.

The master of Seven Barrows saddled 10 runners but his only winner was River Wylde, who ran on too strongly for Alan King’s Elgin in the Grade 2 Sky Bet Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle.