Henderson Considering Options for Constitution Hill from New BHA Mark of 108

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Constitution Hill (Blue Bresil) has been raised 7lb to a BHA mark of 108 following his fourth-place finish in the G3 William Hill September Stakes at Kempton on Saturday.Trained by Nicky Henderson, Constitution Hill ran a creditable race at Kempton despite forfeiting his unbeaten record on the Flat, ultimately passing the post around six lengths behind the winner, Pride Of Arras (New Bay).A revised rating of 108 “makes handicaps pretty difficult”, according to Henderson, with the Seven Barrows trainer now set to consider the alternatives for the one-time outstanding hurdler as he continues his unexpected journey as a Flat performer at the age of nine.“It tells us where we are,” Henderson said of Constitution Hill's new rating. “We have the [programme] books and will be looking at them very closely. It makes handicaps pretty difficult, but we can still find plenty of nice races for him.“I was not disappointed and his rating is his rating. The handicapper's opinion and ours doesn't always tally, but I think it is reasonably fair when the horses ahead of him are rated in the one hundred and teens.“The winner is a Group 1 horse and afterwards you heard Ralph Beckett say that it was a pity that he didn't get his run in the Juddmonte [International Stakes] and that he thinks he would have been competitive. If we're taking on Juddmonte horses, you would be entitled to say that was stupid.“He's only finished four lengths behind them and you can hardly complain – you just have to feel flattered. The handicapper's opinion is he has run a very good race. We think he has run a very good race as well, and so does everyone it seems, now the dust has settled.”The trainer continued, “He's fine after the race, which is the main thing, so on we go. We've kept him for an autumn campaign and it just depends now how long we can stretch it out. We can even go abroad where it goes on a bit longer.“It will be nice to get him back on turf, that's the main thing, and at least we can now do that with the weather.”The post Henderson Considering Options for Constitution Hill from New BHA Mark of 108 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.