HENDO: A CHRISTMAS HURDLE SUITS YOU SIR

FROM PUNTER FRONT

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encouraged us - I did like the impressive way he quickened up.

“and youd have to hope there is every chance he can translate that to three miles”

Henderson's four-time winner Constitution Hill’s career is held ata crossroads by jumping frailties.

And so, Sir Gino returns to timber in the Christmas Hurdle after taking two scores over fences last season - a campaign that was cut short by a ligament infection last February.

Henderson added: “Tt was an illness more than an injury. It makes life easy because, technically, there is nothing to reoccur.