The sky really could be the limit for Constitution Hill

AT HIS EASE: Constitution Hill and Nico de Boinville winning the Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle. Pic: Healy Racing

It may have come seven days and almost 300 miles further north than originally planned, but Constitution Hill left nobody in any doubt of his prodigious talent with a sensational display in the Betfair Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle.

The five-year-old confirmed himself something out of the ordinary last season, with 14 and 12-length triumphs at Sandown only bettered by a scarcely believable 22-length demolition job in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.