Brighterdaysahead will have to produce special performance to take down Constitution Hill

Tommy Lyons previews the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. 
Brighterdaysahead will have to produce special performance to take down Constitution Hill

EARLY HOPE: Shane McCann with Brighterdaysahead at Cheltenham on Monday. Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher

Constitution Hill can regain his Unibet Champion Hurdle by taking the feature on the opening day of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival.

There are plenty of reasons why the layers will be looking to take on the Nicky Henderson-trained eight-year-old, not least because he has had wind surgery and because he was off the track for an entire year between Christmas Hurdles at Kempton.

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