Nicky Henderson has additional emphasised that subsequent month’s Aintree Hurdle may very well be Constitution Hill’s final run over the smaller obstacles.
The Champion Hurdle star heads to Merseyside with the main target very a lot on subsequent season and whether or not or not the Michael Buckley-owned, unbeaten six-year-old will change to fences.
Speaking at his Seven Barrows yard in Lambourn on Thursday about what the longer term may maintain for the son of Blue Bresil, Henderson mentioned: “It’s potential Aintree may very well be his final run over hurdles. Everything is feasible.
“There are more opportunities over fences to start with, which would lead to the Arkle and the Champion Chase or maybe even the Gold Cup if he stays. A real superstar is a horse that can adapt to everything.”
Asked when a call shall be made, Henderson defined: “It’ll actually all occur after Aintree. Michael was down right here the opposite day and we mentioned what we’d in all probability attempt to do is, about 10 days after Aintree, if the bottom hasn’t dried up too shortly, we’ll faculty him over fences right here [at Seven Barrows] and that’ll give us an thought.
Constitution Hill heads up the gallops at Seven Barrows below Nico de Boinville
“Then we have now the entire summer time to take a seat down and focus on, but when we have had one take a look at him education over fences Nico (de Boinville) will know, and Michael and I’ll know, fairly nicely what are the choices then.
“If he is very, excellent we have got two choices. If he is very, very dangerous – which is unlikely however something is feasible – his hurdling and his method of crossing a hurdle may be very, very efficient, however you possibly can’t do this over fences.
Trainer Nicky Henderson is assured Constitution Hill will adapt to leaping fences
“He’s got to learn to jump rather than hurdle. It could be that he’s got totally the wrong technique, I don’t know. But I’d be very surprised.
“He’s such an clever horse that I believe he’ll quickly realise, in all probability by truly simply rubbing a fence, that he’ll say ‘oh wow, any individual’s raised the bar and now we’ll do one thing about it’. It’ll in all probability take him one mistake to work it out and lots of smart horses will work it out.”
