Cheltenham Festival 2024: Three things we'll learn on day one
RUDE HEALTH: Trainer Nicky Henderson poses with Shishkin (left) and Sir Gino at Seven Barrows, near Lambourn
The ‘will he, won’t he’ saga surrounding Constitution Hill's participation in Tuesday's Champion Hurdle became tiresome in the lead up to the festival and it nearly came as a blessed relief when Nicky Henderson announced the horse wouldn’t be defending his crown. Disappointing of course that the world’s best hurdler was confined to barracks but at least the chatter returned back to racing from chest infections.
