Nicky Henderson setback as gigantic Cheltenham gamble Lulamba’s debut is abandoned at Kempton
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THE wait to see Nicky Henderson's gigantic Cheltenham Festival gamble Lulamba will go on - after Kempton abandoned their Saturday card. The Seven Barrows boss' four-year-old has been absolutely obliterated from 25-1 to 4-1 for the Triumph Hurdle. And he was all the rage for his intended debut at the Surrey track too.
![[Nicky Henderson at Kempton Park Racecourse.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nicky-henderson-watching-gallops-kempton-799257173.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
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SIGN UP NOW. 18+ Ts and Cs apply. First month membership £1, then £3 per month unless you cancel at least 7 days before your next billing date. For more information contact help@thesun.co.uk. But with freezing temperatures decimating the jumps action this week - and Lingfield's all-weather card being abandoned on Friday - the decision was taken early to cut Kempton's action.
Lulamba, who is owned by Joe and Marie Donnelly of Sir Gino and State Man fame, has no other immediate entries. A statement from Kempton read: "Racing on Saturday, January 11 has sadly been abandoned due to frozen ground after this morning's inspection.
"With overnight temperatures dropping to -6.5C, a forecast of temperatures to drop to -2C tonight and no temperatures above 2C forecast for the next two days, we have taken the unfortunate decision to abandon.". Lulamba, who won his sole race by five lengths at Auteuil last October, would have been lining up against Paul Nicholls' much-fancied Sauvignon.
