Constitution Hill is Cristiano Ronaldo to Honeysuckle's Lionel Messi. Or should that be vice-versa? The argument will run and run.
Along the way she and Rachael Blackmore have become the sport’s “poster” combination, providing an unquantifiable but still perceptible boost to a sport that has endured some rough times during her reign. Whether that’s intact as she begins her final season of racing is unknown. This will be her fifth and final campaign, after all, and she has packed a lot in already. But neither is there any sign of it declining. If eventually the eagerly anticipated clash of the titans does occur, that could prove pivotal.
There is also a chance to extend her unbeaten record to 17, just two shy of Altior’s 19-race winning run, which represents the statistical standard over jumps. And if she goes and does what’s widely expected, no doubt they will have barely pulled up before the name of a certain English-based horse crops up again.
Unbeaten in three starts to date, Marine Nationale is rated by Connell as potentially the best he has been associated with. That includes The Tullow Tank, the last Royal Bond winner not trained by Mullins or Elliott, in 2013.
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