{"id":20632,"date":"2024-11-25T11:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T11:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=20632"},"modified":"2024-11-25T11:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T11:56:35","slug":"constitution-hill-injury-update-christmas-hurdle-the-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/constitution-hill-injury-update-christmas-hurdle-the-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicky Henderson Delivers Positive Update On Constitution Hill, With Christmas Hurdle The Target"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having been pulled out of this Saturday’s Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle, due to a ‘mysterious lameness’ – trainer Nicky Henderson has taken to ‘X’ to deliver a more positive injury update for Constitution Hill.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Constitution Hill On The Mend and On Target For Boxing Day Christmas Hurdle<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Horse racing<\/a> fans last saw the 2023 Champion Hurdler Constitution Hill<\/strong> winning the Christmas Hurdle last season and after a recent injury setback the good news coming out of Seven Barrows this week is that the Boxing Day Kempton race remains his comeback target.<\/p>\n

Nicky Henderson took to X ‘Twitter’ to update the racing world about one of his stable stars Constitution Hill, after the horse was pulled out of this weekend’s Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle.<\/p>\n

The horse was found to be lame on Friday, which came three days after a racecourse gallop at Newbury<\/a>, that didn’t see him sparkle and left many wondering if there was an issue with Constitution Hill – these people were right.<\/p>\n

Henderson will now rely on Sir Gino in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle<\/a> as he hunts his ninth win in the Newcastle race – where he’ll take on the Willie Mullins-trained Mystical Power.<\/p>\n

Constitution Hill ‘Miles, Miles Better<\/em>‘, Says Henderson<\/strong><\/h3>\n

However, on Monday 25th November – three days after the latest Constitution Hill injury update – Henderson was more positive – saying the horse was “miles, miles, better and that the Christmas Hurdle on 26th December at Kempton, remains his reappearance target”.<\/em><\/p>\n

Henderson went onto say that the horse had many X-rays and that the lameness he had on Friday was ‘mysterious’<\/em> as not much came back with the results.<\/p>\n

He added, however, there was also an MRI scan done and this revealed a small area of inflammation on his pastern (near fore), which would have made him “very sore”<\/em> and was “touching the nerve”.<\/em><\/p>\n

Constitution Hill is expected to do some gentle walking this week and get back to full work, if all goes well there, in the near future.<\/p>\n

With the Christmas Hurdle on Thursday 26th December at Kempton is return target.<\/p>\n

As a result of all this Constitution Hill uncertainty he’s out to 5\/1 in the market for the 2025 Champion Hurdle with the best horse racing betting sites in the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The news is quite positive with regards to Constitution Hill and we\u2019re cautiously optimistic he\u2019ll make @kemptonparkrace<\/a> on Boxing Day. pic.twitter.com\/tUOHNn3kxi<\/a><\/p>\n

— Nicky Henderson (@sevenbarrows) November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n