State Man romps home in Punchestown as Constitution Hill flops again

State Man takes Champion Hurdle for third consecutive year‘A tough place to be,’ says losing trainer Nicky HendersonState Man, who was denied a repeat success in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in March when he fell at the final flight, gained a measure of compensation here on Friday evening as he recorded a third successive win in Punchestown’s equivalent of the two-mile championship event. His task, though, was certainly made easier by a bitterly disappointing performance f