Ruby Walsh: Henderson must call on all his experience and bravery with Constitution Hill

The closer you get, the nearer you are, but the further away you will be if something goes wrong.

RACE AGAINST TIME: Trainer Nicky Henderson, with Constitution Hill, will have to be brave enough to wait and see if his prize horse will come right in time for Cheltenham. Pic: David Davies

LAST Tuesday morning, as we walked back from the second lot on Willie Mullins’s gallop, something was up in the world. 

Not the real world, but the horse racing world, that is. Phones buzzed, and the group splintered as everyone checked what was happening before joining again to verify that we all had the same news.