Constitutional row

Stephen Pollard calms the frenzy of the future of a champion hurdler

EVERY SPORT HAS ITS SHARE of idiots. One current England football player was, I am told, known by coaching staff at a former club as “pea” because his brain was so small. And that’s just on the field, let alone what you get if listen to any of radio’s ubiquitous fan phone-ins. Racing is no different, as the recent furore over Constitution Hill’s target for this season demonstrated. After the horse’s magisterial Champion Hurdle romp in March, owner Michael Buckley didn’t dismiss the idea that Constitution Hill might, possibly, perhaps, maybe, potentially, conceivably, theoretically, go chasing. Cue a frenzy of excitement about the idea. But at no point did Buckley ever say more than that he was willing to think about it. Which he did. And then decided that the…

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