The favourite for the Champion Hurdle is back, the highest-rated hurdler since the 1970s and the ill-fated Golden Cygnet “The best since …” was a theme of the final weeks of the Flat season, as the merits of the unbeaten colts, Flightline and Baaeed, were weighed in the balance against Secretariat and Frankel respectively, but when Constitution Hill steps onto the track before the Coral Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday afternoon, no “since” will be required.With a Timeform rating of 177 at the end of the 2021-22 season, Nicky Henderson’s gelding is, quite simply, the best novice hurdler in the 60-odd years since the firm starting crunching the numbers over jumps. Unbeaten in three outings, Constitution Hill rounded off his...
The favourite for the Champion Hurdle is back, the highest-rated hurdler since the 1970s and the ill-fated Golden Cygnet “The best since …” was a theme of the final weeks of the Flat season, as the merits of the unbeaten colts, Flightline and Baaeed, were weighed in the balance against Secretariat and Frankel respectively, but when Constitution Hill steps onto the track before the Coral Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday afternoon, no “since” will be required.With a Timeform rating of 177 at the end of the 2021-22 season, Nicky Henderson’s gelding is, quite simply, the best novice hurdler in the 60-odd years since the firm starting crunching the numbers over jumps. Unbeaten in three outings, Constitution Hill rounded off his...
The favourite for the Champion Hurdle is back, the highest-rated hurdler since the 1970s and the ill-fated Golden Cygnet “The best since …” was a theme of the final weeks of the Flat season, as the merits of the unbeaten colts, Flightline and Baaeed, were weighed in the balance against Secretariat and Frankel respectively, but when Constitution Hill steps onto the track before the Coral Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday afternoon, no “since” will be required.With a Timeform rating of 177 at the end of the 2021-22 season, Nicky Henderson’s gelding is, quite simply, the best novice hurdler in the 60-odd years since the firm starting crunching the numbers over jumps. Unbeaten in three outings, Constitution Hill rounded off his...
The favourite for the Champion Hurdle is back, the highest-rated hurdler since the 1970s and the ill-fated Golden Cygnet “The best since …” was a theme of the final weeks of the Flat season, as the merits of the unbeaten colts, Flightline and Baaeed, were weighed in the balance against Secretariat and Frankel respectively, but when Constitution Hill steps onto the track before the Coral Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday afternoon, no “since” will be required.With a Timeform rating of 177 at the end of the 2021-22 season, Nicky Henderson’s gelding is, quite simply, the best novice hurdler in the 60-odd years since the firm starting crunching the numbers over jumps. Unbeaten in three outings, Constitution Hill rounded off his...
The favourite for the Champion Hurdle is back, the highest-rated hurdler since the 1970s and the ill-fated Golden Cygnet “The best since …” was a theme of the final weeks of the Flat season, as the merits of the unbeaten colts, Flightline and Baaeed, were weighed in the balance against Secretariat and Frankel respectively, but when Constitution Hill steps onto the track before the Coral Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday afternoon, no “since” will be required.With a Timeform rating of 177 at the end of the 2021-22 season, Nicky Henderson’s gelding is, quite simply, the best novice hurdler in the 60-odd years since the firm starting crunching the numbers over jumps. Unbeaten in three outings, Constitution Hill rounded off his...