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In 2023 Constitution Hill was at the peak of his powers - he had broken the clock when the most impressive Supreme winner since Golden Cygnet the previous March, and then won the Fighting Fifth and the Christmas Hurdle in cold blood before winning the Champion Hurdle with his head in his chest.

Comfortably his LEAST impressive victory was his subsequent one in the Aintree Hurdle - he won with a tiny degree of comfort, but looked like he didn't appreciate the step up in trip and it might even have been a factor in sticking to hurdling rather than chasing a Gold Cup dream over fences with a horse that probably wouldn't stay 3m2f in a horsebox.

If there's anything half decent in the race that can get him "at it," Constitution Hill's army of "Racing Blogger" odds-on lumpers (plus a few who ought to be old enough to know better) might get a second lesson in as many months that trying to "buy money" is the long-term super highway to the poor house.

<blockquote data-quote="Ian_Davies" data-source="post: 2697484" data-attributes="member: 66646">In 2023 Constitution Hill was at the peak of his powers - he had broken the clock when the most impressive Supreme winner since Golden Cygnet the previous March, and then won the Fighting Fifth and the Christmas Hurdle in cold blood before winning the Champion Hurdle with his head in his chest.Comfortably his LEAST impressive victory was his subsequent one in the Aintree Hurdle - he won with a tiny degree of comfort, but looked like he didn&#039;t appreciate the step up in trip and it might even have been a factor in sticking to hurdling rather than chasing a Gold Cup dream over fences with a horse that probably wouldn&#039;t stay 3m2f in a horsebox.If there&#039;s anything half decent in the race that can get him &quot;at it,&quot; Constitution Hill&#039;s army of &quot;Racing Blogger&quot; odds-on lumpers (plus a few who ought to be old enough to know better) might get a second lesson in as many months that trying to &quot;buy money&quot; is the long-term super highway to the poor house.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ian_Davies, post: 2697484, member: 66646"] In 2023 Constitution Hill was at the peak of his powers - he had broken the clock when the most impressive Supreme winner since Golden Cygnet the previous March, and then won the Fighting Fifth and the Christmas Hurdle in cold blood before winning the Champion Hurdle with his head in his chest. Comfortably his LEAST impressive victory was his subsequent one in the Aintree Hurdle - he won with a tiny degree of comfort, but looked like he didn't appreciate the step up in trip and it might even have been a factor in sticking to hurdling rather than chasing a Gold Cup dream over fences with a horse that probably wouldn't stay 3m2f in a horsebox. If there's anything half decent in the race that can get him "at it," Constitution Hill's army of "Racing Blogger" odds-on lumpers (plus a few who ought to be old enough to know better) might get a second lesson in as many months that trying to "buy money" is the long-term super highway to the poor house. [/QUOTE]

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