NICKY Henderson’s team is clicking into gear and the champion trainer has a leading Triumph Hurdle contender in Apple’s Shakira, who is a sister to the very talented Apple’s Jade.

Successful at Vichy in May, she moved to Seven Barrows to race for J. P. McManus and took the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle in style, pulling clear of Philip Hobbs’ Gumball.