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International Hurdle Runners: Constitution Hill Tops Field Of Five For Cheltenham Race On Trials Day

Constitution Hill will not face Lossiemouth at Cheltenham on Saturday afternoon, as the latter was not declared by Willie Mullins. That means the former Champion Hurdle hero Constitution Hill will be sent off at huge prohibitive odds-on for Saturday’s International Hurdle on Trials Day at Prestbury Park. He will take on four rivals for the event and we take a look at who Nicky Henderson’s star will have to take on.

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Returning after a year off in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton Park last month, Constitution Hill produced a scintillating display to obliterate Lossiemouth by two-and-half lengths and maintain his status as the premier hurdler in training. A stunning winner of the 2022 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Nicky Henderson’s star then romped to Champion Hurdle glory a year later. However, having been off the track following a 2023 Christmas Hurdle win it was unknown how Constitution Hill would perform on a racecourse again.

However, he cruised through the contest and when Nico De Boinville pushed the button on the Seven Barrows inmate he pulled clear of Lossiemouth, who could only finish second. That Willie Mullins-trained runner was a fine winner of the Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham last March and had shown prior to that when winning the International Hurdle on this card 12 months ago that she is a class act on her day.

Harry Derham’s Brentford Hope will be one of the other four runners looking to land a blow on this contest and continue his progression over hurdles, while Fils D’Oudairies, Spirits Bay and Joyeux Machin complete the line-up, but face gargantuan tasks to play a notable role here.

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2025 International Hurdle Entries

NumberHorseTrainer
1Brentford HopeHarry Derham
2Constitution HillNicky Henderson
3Fils D’OudairiesGordon Elliott
4Joyeux MachinDan Skelton
5Spirits BayNigel Twiston-Davies

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