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Some books shortening next years champ into 7/4 now, don’t blame them! Best national hunt horse since Sprinter Sacre and could well be better!
I’m with you, Ben.
I never fall for hype, but I will fall for what I can see for myself.
Form franked today.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Did third (OR 141), fourth (133) and fifth (147) all run below form yesterday?
Bit of a stretch to believe THAT.
The least flattering way to realistically rate the race IMO is through the OR 133 fourth and that entitles Jonbon to be rated 155 – hence Constitution Hill 177!
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Will Buckley and Henderson be tempted?
Well worth Constitution Hill taking his chance at Punchestown if Henderson believes the horse is still in the same form.
If CH beats H well, then connections of the Irish mare may well decide to retire her to the paddocks. Leaving the way for CH to be odds-on for the big race at Cheltenham next year.
Value Is EverythingIf Constitution Hill slams Honeysuckle at Punchestown and the mare is retired, next year’s Champion Hurdle will be CH v whatever Mullins throws at him.
Nothing else will bother turning up.
Once Constitution Hill has retired Honeysuckle and hammered Trueshan and Stradavinsky in the Gold Cup at an overwatered Royal Ascot, the remainder of the summer, autumn and winter can be spent cheerily gazing daily at ante-post slips reading 3s a 3s on shot.
Life really is that simple.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Henderson will be busy on photoshop, replacing Shishkins name with Constitution Hill on the X-Ray, to get out of this one.
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Before Frankel ruthlessly defeated Canford Cliffs in ‘The Duel on the Downs’…
Prior to Dancing Brave putting Bering to the sword in the 1986 Arc…
Leading up to Sprinter Sacre reclaiming his crown in the 2016 Queen Mother Champion Chase…
I have that very same intuition that Constitution Hill will anesthetize Honeysuckle should they clash at Punchestown.
Love to know how Rachel is planning to try and beat him …. We didn’t get the champ chase clash but this would more than make up for it
Pick 3 on Saturday champion 2025/2026
It might just be the greatest collection of long and egg-splattered faces in forum history come 3 weeks time.
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If I’m going to make a right Charlie of myself over a horse, one who won the Supreme by 22 lengths last time out, from a subsequent Grade 1 winner, in almost six seconds faster time than the Champion Hurdle, is good a horse as any to do it over.
I may even change my forum signature to: “The Right Honourable Charles” for a month by way of TRF atonement.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"ID – In the unlikely event Henderson runs him at Punchestown, how far does he have to beat Honeysuckle to justify the hype?
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In the same way that Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good cakes, Lord Tatling asks exceedingly good questions.
Honeysuckle has an OR of 165, Constitution Hill will have to run to at least 173 to beat the mare if she’s in peak form.
Timeform (not directly comparable to OR but it will have to do) rate Night Nurse the all-time best at 182.
If Constitution Hill wins, even by a nose, it will be a remarkable achievement for an inexperienced novice hurdler.
If he wins decisively – by over a length – he promises to be a well above average Champion Hurdler.
If, as a relative novice still, he slaughters her by three lengths or more, I will expect his TRF doubters to collectively start giving up their weekends to work on a life-size papier-mâché statue of him, made out of their losing betting slips, of which they no doubt own many.
Fair?
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Yes I’ll buy that. A fair and accurate summary in my book, and one I will refer back to after Punchestown if ‘Nicky’ doesn’t soil his fruit of the looms.
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