mostly tracked leader, led on bit before 2 out, soon clear, impressive
chased leaders in 5th, went left and reminder 2nd, soon lost place, pushed along and outpaced before next, soon behind and jumped slowly 3rd, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
led, hit 1st, pushed along and headed before 2 out, soon outpaced and no chance with impressive winner
disputed 2nd until after 3 out, pushed along and well held in 3rd before next
went to post early, raced keenly in rear, gained a place at 3rd, 4th and struggling when mistake last
chased leaders, pushed along after 3 out, 5th and struggling when mistake next, tailed off
Jetoile and Datsalrightgino have both won their last two and are improving while Mr Glass is another with scope for further improvement having won four of his five starts under Rules. Shallwehaveonemore finished in front of a subsequent winner when runner-up at Ascot in October but CONSTITUTION HILL has been the talk of Lambourn since he spread-eagled lesser opposition here on his hurdles bow and will be heading to The Festival if all goes well today. Whizz Kid won four times on the Flat but this is a tough start over jumps.
Constitution Hill 85-40 (10-12) Tracked leaders on inside, 2nd going well between last two, led last, quickened readily clear run -in, impressive, won at Sandown 2m (3) gs in Dec beating Might I (11-4) by 14l, 9 ran.
Datsalrightgino (GER) 6-1 (11-4) Tracked leader, lost 2nd and not fluent 2 out, slightly outpaced between last two, rallied into 2nd again soon after the last, stayed on gamely to lead towards finish, won at Cheltenham 2m 1f (3) gd in Dec beating Jpr One (11-4) by nk, 5 ran.
Jetoile (IRE) 11-8fav (11-5) Raced keenly, made all, not fluent last, ridden out flat, unchallenged, won at Leicester 2m 4f (4) sft in Dec beating Scipion (10-12) by 5 1/2l, 8 ran.
Mr Glass (IRE) 5-6fav (11-3) Led from 1st, not fluent 6th, pressed from 3 out, kept finding, holding 2nd inside final 100 yards, won at Newcastle 2m 6f (2) gs in Nov beating Loughderg Rocco (10-12) by 1l, 4 ran.
Shallwehaveonemore (FR) 2-1fav (10-11) Pulled hard, headway chasing leaders 2nd, led before 4th, went slightly left 4 out and next, clear before last, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Kandoo Kid (10-12) at Ascot 2m (3) sft in Oct.
Whizz Kid (GER) (9-2) 6th of 8, 8 3/4l behind Afterglow (8-12) at Saint-Cloud 1m 7f lst stks hvy in Nov.
