CONSTITUTION HILL will clash with stablemate Epatante in Saturday’s Fighting Fifth Hurdle after Newcastle pledged to tailor the Gosforth Park going for the Champion Hurdle favourite’s return to action.
Trainer Nicky Henderson, who scratched Constitution Hill – 5-4 market leader for the Cheltenham Festival ’s Tuesday feature – from his intended comeback at Ascot last Saturday, had pencilled in Cheltenham’s International Hurdle on December 10 for the five-year-old’s seasonal reappearance.
But the Seven Barrows trainer revealed yesterday: “Bear in mind the weather could stay as it has been down south, so there’s the risk Cheltenham could stay as it was for the last meeting.
