Animal-Related

Constitution Hill was once almost unbeatable over hurdles. Now the former Champion Hurdle winner is being prepared for his first race outside Britain and Ireland, in a completely different form of racing. Trainer Nicky Henderson is aiming him at the €506,000 Gran Premio del Jockey Club in Milan on 25 October as the next step in his new Flat career. The change would have seemed unthinkable when Constitution Hill won his first ten races. He took the 2022 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle by 22 lengths and the 2023 Champion Hurdle by nine. However, three falls ended his unbeaten run and raised serious questions about whether it was safe to continue jumping. Henderson and owner Michael Buckley eventually decided it was not fair to ask the horse or...