{"id":301857,"date":"2023-12-08T23:27:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T23:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301857"},"modified":"2023-12-08T23:27:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T23:27:39","slug":"nicky-henderson-frets-over-ground-for-constitution-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/horse-racing\/nicky-henderson-frets-over-ground-for-constitution-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicky Henderson frets over ground for Constitution Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Nicky Henderson frets over ground for Constitution Hill ahead of decision over whether unbeaten Champion Hurdle winner runs in\u00a0Fighting Fifth Hurdle<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hederson said he is &#8216;very concerned&#8217; about the ground conditions at Sandown<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Half an inch of rain is due to hit the Esher track between 4am and 9am Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Henderson&#8217;s\u00a0Southoftheborder unseated jockey Nico de Boinville on Friday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nicky Henderson is \u2018very concerned\u2019 about the ground conditions at Sandown ahead of making a decision on whether unbeaten Champion Hurdle winner Constitution Hill runs in Saturday&#8217;s rescheduled Fighting Fifth Hurdle.<\/p>\n<p>Going on the hurdle course is already heavy with up to half an inch of rain due to hit the Esher track between 4am and 9am on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Sandown, which also stages the Tingle Creek Chase on Saturday afternoon in which Henderson\u2019s Jonbon faces last season\u2019s winner Edwardstone, trained by Alan King, must survive a 7.30am inspection but even if it does the odds of Constitution Hill running have lengthened with every drop of rain.<\/p>\n<p>After watching a slow-motion finish to the Grade Two Winter Novices\u2019 Hurdle at the track on Friday in which his runner, 11-8 favourite Southoftheborder, unseated Nico de Boinville at the penultimate flight, Henderson said: \u2018It will hinge on what happens tonight but I am very concerned. Even if the race had been today I\u2019d be nervous and wouldn\u2019t want it to get any worse. A fit horse could cope with it but this is his first run of the season.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Henderson also has Shishkin, who refused to race at Ascot last month, entered in the two-mile Fighting Fifth Hurdle with the option of saving Constitution Hill for the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/20\/78752443-12843319-image-a-21_1702068672350.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicky Henderson is &#8216;concerned&#8217; over ground conditions at Sandown for Saturday&#8217;s meetings<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/21\/78752461-12843319-Champion_Hurdle_winner_Constitution_Hill_is_due_to_run_in_Saturd-a-30_1702071708375.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Constitution Hill\u00a0 (pictured) is due to run in Saturday&#8217;s rescheduled Fighting Fifth Hurdle<\/p>\n<p>The Sandown ground conditions put an emphasis on stamina yesterday, which played to the strengths of Paul Nicholls\u2019 Stay Away Fay. The 8-11 favourite, ridden by Harry Cobden, beat Giovinco by one and a half lengths in the Grade Two Betfair Esher Novices\u2019 Chase.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He digs deep, stays and gallops. He is a proper horse,\u2019 said Nicholls of Stay Away Fay, who in March won the three-mile Albert Bartlett Novices\u2019 Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The gelding is now likely to be given a break before being prepared for the Brown Advisory Novices\u2019 Chase at this season\u2019s Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The Lucinda Russell-trained Giovinco was going well and looked the likely winner two fences out but paid the price for not settling early on.<\/p>\n<p>He could next run in the Grade One Kauto Star Novices\u2019 Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/08\/20\/78752445-12843319-image-a-23_1702068680531.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Henderson said the call over whether the horse races will depend on conditions over night<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/racing\/article-12843319\/Nicky-Henderson-frets-ground-Constitution-Hill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicky Henderson frets over ground for Constitution Hill ahead of decision over whether unbeaten Champion Hurdle winner runs in\u00a0Fighting Fifth <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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