Agree HDLG. That seemed to really get to Henderson somehow.
As for Constitution Hill, before we start crowning him as a high class Flat handicapper or pattern race performer, perhaps we ought to take stock of the situation.
This is a horse that has never raced on the Flat before. He is from the point to point field. His pedigree contains no Flat winners. He has never even raced in a bumper.
Next month at the age of 9 he is going to have to enter starting stalls for the first time. I think that should be OK.
Then he is going to have to run on a surface he has never raced on before. He might have worked on it or something similar at home and we know he has worked at Kempton. But that is not the same as running in a race.
He will also have to adapt to a race run at a faster pace and higher tempo than anything he has experienced before. Is that ideal for a 9 year old?
I think the whole situation is crazy and will do nothing useful to prepare the horse for a Champion Hurdle bid.