Constitution Hill option giving Henderson ‘biggest headache’

Trainer mulling decision on running in Champion Hurdle at Festival
Constitution Hill option giving Henderson ‘biggest headache’

Nicky Henderson: Constitution Hill is the most boring horse in the world.

Whether to run Constitution Hill in the Unibet Champion Hurdle is proving to be “the biggest headache” of Nicky Henderson’s life.

The former champion put his jumping woes behind him with a devastating display in his first run on the Flat at Southwell on Friday — but now Henderson and owner Michael Buckley have to decide whether the reward outweighs the risk for a horse who has fallen three times in four runs over hurdles.

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