Hill can get back to best once more

HERE to start with today’s BetMGM Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle? The only thing that can be said for certain is that this is the race of the season so far, as Constitution Hill, The New Lion and Anzadam meet in a blockbuster clash.

- CAPTAIN WESSEX

All three camps are making the right noises, but perhaps more with the heart than the head, the pick is Constitution Hill, the deposed champion. He has more questions to answer than his market rivals after horror shows at Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown - but equally, unlike the others, he has been and there and most definitely done it.

‘The New Lion is feared most, but if we are to take Nicky Henderson at his word then the former champion is ready to roar back to his brilliant best.

‘The New Lion team should already be on the board by then, however, with Le Beau Madrik having shown more than enough in two bumpers to make him a confident pick to make a winning start to jumping in the BetMGM EBF ‘National Hunt’ Maiden Hurdle.