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the freakish 22-length demolition job of Jonbon in the Skybet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, the step to Champion Hurdle glory for Nicky Henderson’s five-year-old doesn’t look a steep one. Coming from the same stable that produced Binocular, Sprinter Sacre, Altior, Buveur D’Air, Epatante and Shishkin in the last ten years, Constitution Hill looks certain to be the next in line off the brilliant two-miler
Guy – an astonishing amount of talent that may dominate for years. In recent seasons, the Unibet Champion Hurdle division has been challengers are lining up to take on the dual Champion Hurdle winner. This time last year, Constitution Hill was nothing but a road connecting Buckingham Palace with Hyde Park Corner, but after a walkover for the brave and brilliant Honeysuckle, but
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined. Thirty-six per cent of the races went home to Willie Mullins, who must be short odds to start up a local metal scrap yard for the obscene amount of silverware won in March alone. Mullins mania won’t be slowing any time soon, with the majority of his winners coming in the novice races. Stattler, Sir Gerhard, Facile Vega, Vauban, State Man and The Nice
“THE MASTER TRAINER’S ALL-CONQUERING BASE IN LEINSTER SADDLED THE SAME NUMBER OF CHELTENHAM WINNERS AS ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND COMBINED”
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