Nicky Henderson exceeded £2 million in prize-money earnings for the second successive year as the super-consistent Carole's Legacy won the Coral Backing Poppyscotland Mares' Handicap Hurdle at Ayr.
Carole's Legacy, shouldering top weight, was sent to the front three out and dug deep to finish four lengths up on Pokanoket. It took Henderson on to 132 winners, 20 more than Paul Nicholls.
The Seven Barrows handler said: "We have only just gone over the bar (the £2 million mark), but we got there last season with only a week to go. We haven't done too badly considering they gave us a nine-month season (there was a three-month ban at the start) and last season we had 115 winners."
He continued: "Carole's Legacy is the toughest mare you will ever see on four legs and her owner/breeder Paul Murphy and his family are the nicest people on two legs you could wish to train for. She stays in training next year."
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