Nicky Henderson's Constitution Hill got the British off to the perfect start with storming 22-length victory in the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle, the opener to the 2022 Cheltenham Festival.
Henderson won this race with his two-mile chasing star Shishkin - who bids for more Cheltenham glory in Wednesday's Queen Mother Champion Chase in 2020 and before that with Alitior.
And Constitution Hill looks to be cut from the same cloth although unlike those two he may stay hurdling next year and have a crack at the Unibet Champion Hurdle for which he is as low as 2-1 favourite already.
