Constitution Hill: Profile, Record, Age & Best Races

Constitution Hill returned to the Cheltenham Festival in 2025 after missing the 2024 Festival through injury but he was unable to recapture his Champion Hurdle crown after falling at Prestbury Park.

Name: Constitution Hill

Age: 8

Weight: 11-10

Trainer: Nicky Henderson

Winnings: £876,865

Cheltenham Festival wins: 2

Constitution Hill race stats

Runs	1st	2nd	3rd
11	10	0	0

Constitution Hill Age

Constitution Hill is an eight-year-old gelding, having made his debut as a four-year-old at Sandown back in 2021. 

Constitution Hill Weight

Constitution Hill almost exclusively runs off 11-10, which is the weight he carried in the 2025 Champion Hurdle.

Constitution Hill Record

Constitution Hill won two open Grade 1s in 2022, with success in Newcastle's Fighting Fifth Hurdle and then the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton. 

Those wins were by a combined margin of 29-lengths and with Nico de Boinville's partner scarcely taken out of second gear. 

They created a veneer of invincibility around Henderson's latest superstar, which was enough to strengthen his position as favourite for the Champion Hurdle. 

There was enormous hype surrounding Constitution Hill, who won the Supreme Novices' Hurdle by 22 lengths from Jonbon at Cheltenham in March 2022.

Some observers may have questioned whether he was really as good as others claimed, but he answered the doubters emphatically with another Festival victory in 2023. 

The six-year-old was prominent throughout the Champion Hurdle and justified the 4/11 favourite tag with a stunning display which saw him win by nine lengths from State Man - and the margin of victory could have been wider. 

Connections then decided to run him at the Grand National Festival in April and, once again, the gelding delivered the goods with a three-length victory over Sharjah in the Aintree Hurdle over 2m4f.

His seasonal reappearance at Kempton on Boxing Day was ominous as he triumphed in the Christmas Hurdle, and it was seemingly full steam ahead for the Cheltenham Festival.

Unfortunately, his poor scope at Kempton led to his withdrawal from the 2024 Festival and wind surgery soon followed for Henderson's stable star.

366 days later, Constitution Hill returned to the track and in fashion, too, beating Lossiemouth to land the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton.

He followed up just a month later by beating Lossiemouth to land the Unibet Hurdle on his first run at Cheltenham since his Champion Hurdle success in 2023.

But Constitution Hill's bid to win the Champion Hurdle for a second time in 2015 was an unsuccessful one as ab early fall ended his unbeaten record.

Constitution Hill Next Race

Constitution Hill's next race is likely to be the Aintree Hurdle in April 2025.

Constitution Hill Owner and Cost

Michael Buckley bought Constitution Hill for £120,000 in May 2021.

Buckley has owned horses for a number of decades now, with notable runners including Beat That, New York Rainbow, Spirit Son and Toast Of New York all sporting his famous white silks over the years to varying levels of success.

Constitution Hill Trainer

Constitution Hill is trained by legendary trainer Nicky Henderson. 

Constitution Hill Official Rating

Constitution Hill is the highest rated hurdler in British racing with an official mark of 175, 17lb higher than second-best Langer Dan. 

He earned his current mark of 175 following his success in the Champion Hurdle at the 2023 Cheltenham Festival and has since won four times off the same rating. 

Constitution Hill Prize Money

Constitution Hill has racked up a total prize money figure of £876,865 in his career so far.