Horse & Hound

From family pet to champion hurdler

AT his annual owners day this year, the six-time National Hunt champion trainer Nicky Henderson paraded his new recruits for the season along with his stars such as Jonbon and Shishkin.

“That's all of them”, he quipped, as if forgetting there was just one more, as Constitution Hill loped into the courtyard with his lad Jaydon Lee. In rude health after his holidays, the horse meandered onto the lawn and started grazing. Looking at his superstar, Nicky told onlookers, “He's the only one allowed on the grass”.

It's special treatment for a special sixyear-old, unbeaten in all seven starts for Nicky and regularly touted as

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