'She couldn't have gone better' - Epatante set for Saturday spin at Haydock
The form of red-hot Unibet Champion Hurdle favourite Constitution Hill is set to come under the microscope this weekend when Epatante runs at Haydock.
Trained by Nicky Henderson for JP McManus, Epatante has finished a distant second to her star stablemate twice this term. She won the Champion Hurdle in 2020 and has been placed in the race for the last two years, but she was no match for the exceptional Constitution Hill in either the Fighting Fifth or Christmas Hurdle.
However, the nine-year-old is set to face nothing of his class in Saturday's New One Unibet Hurdle, a Grade 2 better known as the Champion Hurdle Trial.
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