CONSTITUTION HILL fell AGAIN as he suffered a repeat of his Cheltenham horror show at Aintree.
Jockey Nico de Boinville was boxed in and looked to go long again when two from home in the Grade 1 Aintree Hurdle.
That opened the door to Lossiemouth who stormed home to see off Martin Pipe winner Wodhooh and land a fourth straight win on the day for Willie Mullins – a 101-1 four-fold.
Constitution Hill got up after his fall and was perfectly OK – as was broken-hearted jockey De Boinville.
But it’s another gutting afternoon for trainer Nicky Henderson.
His stable star fell in last month’s Champion Hurdle when seemingly cruising.
More to follow.
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