NICKY HENDERSON HAS raised the faint possibility of Constitution Hill returning to action at the Punchestown Festival.
Henderson ran six horses on the first day of Cheltenham, five of which were pulled up. The only bright spot was Luccia finishing third in the Champion Hurdle, just three and a half lengths behind State Man, arguably making Constitution Hill’s absence even harder to bear. “My owners were brilliant, very understanding, as were the media and everyone else in racing and for that I’ll be forever grateful,” he said.
“It has kept on improving to the point where it is as near normal as it could possibly get without being 100%. It is 99%, which is a long way from where it started. “He is back in routine exercise and has joined in at the back of the team this week.