Constitution Hill trainer Henderson turns down Honeysuckle duel at Punchestown
Nicky Henderson has confirmed Constitution Hill will not take on Honeysuckle at Punchestown next week and will instead head off on his summer break.
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Nicky Henderson confirms hurdles campaign for Constitution Hill
Constitution Hill will stay over hurdles this season, trainer Nicky Henderson has announced.
Cheltenham anoints new greats but thin crowds hint at need for shake-up
T wo brilliant performances by new champions of jump racing bookended this year’s Cheltenham Festival, and both Constitution Hill, the Champion Hurdle winner, and Galopin Des Champs, who survived all manner of problems to run out an easy winner of the Gold Cup, promise to be fixtures at the meeting for several years to come.
Constitution Hill is Cheltenham Festival 'one for the week' as Barry Geraghty says Champion Hurdle star in safe hands
Constitution Hill heads to Cheltenham as the superstar act of the Festival.
Constitution Hill a once-in-a-lifetime talent but racing offers no guarantees
O ne of the earliest recorded uses of the phrase “a racing certainty” appears in the Monthly Magazine in October 1837, in an article recalling the St Leger of 1834. Plenipotentiary – or Plenipo to his fans – was the odds-on favourite, having won an unusually strong running of the Derby at Epsom earlier in the year.
Nicky Henderson not ruling out Punchestown Festival clash between Constitution Hill and Honeysuckle
Unbeaten Honeysuckle could clash with rising star Constitution Hill at the Punchestown Festival later this month, trainer Nicky Henderson revealed earlier today.
Constitution Hill under consideration for Punchestown Festival
Connections of Constitution Hill are likely to consider next month's Punchestown Festival for the ultra-impressive Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner.
Cheltenham latest: Constitution Hill simply supreme for Henderson
Day one of the 2022 Cheltenham Festival had got underway with seven races on today's card:
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