Mighty Royal Ascot haul shows Lambourn is not all about one horse - despite all the talk
It was good to catch up last week with my colleague David Jennings, who was over from Ireland for Royal Ascot, although I didn't know where to start when he asked how many times I'd said the words Constitution Hill in the past year.
The name popped up when I saw his owner Michael Buckley at Ascot on the opening day and over a chat with Bryony Frost there on Saturday, while the Post's award-winning photographer Edward Whitaker was on about him on Monday before he was due to snap the hulking champion on his summer holiday.
The unbeaten hurdling superstar even got a mention on ITV when Matt Chapman asked Nicky Henderson for the latest after Ahorsewithnoname won the Ascot Stakes.
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Published on 28 June 2023inPostcard from Lambourn
Last updated 14:56, 28 June 2023
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