Willy Twiston-Davies: If I or Dad owned the horse, you’d probably say 'B*****’ it, let's run it

British trainer Willy Twiston-Davies spoke to BOYLE Sports and gave his opinion on Constitution Hill and where he would run the rejuvenated star.

The 32-year-old added that he thinks it would be hard to look past Fact To File in the Gold Cup but that Galopin Des Champs cannot be ruled out if he bounces back to form.

If I owned ‘magnificent’ Constitution Hill, I’d chance him and run him in the Champion Hurdle. I feel sorry for trainer Nicky Henderson and owner Michael Buckley

He’s an absolutely magnificent horse and you can see the dilemma Nicky Henderson is in.

On the one hand, the horse is bred to race. If I owned him personally, you'd obviously love to chance him and run him. But on the other hand, if anything were to happen you wouldn't be able to forgive yourself on the back of what he's done so far.

I do feel sorry for Nicky because he's going to be asked the question so many times and it is a very sticky wicket whether you run or whether you don't run. He could run and win, but if he runs and falls and something happens, it’s a tough one for Nicky.

There's a very fine line of what's wrong or right there and I wouldn't want to be making the decision myself. It's very different if you own the horse yourself and you can live with it. But when it's Michael Buckley's and the public sort of feel like they own a part of him, it's much harder to make those sorts of decisions.

If I or Dad owned the horse, you’d probably say, ‘B*****’ it, let's run it.’

If Galopins Des Champs returns to his ‘A’ game, he’ll be bang there in the Gold Cup

You’d never ever write Willie Mullins off. His whole team, Patrick and David Casey and Willie, are all geniuses. You've got to take on trust what they said that maybe Galopins Des Champs had a harder race over the Christmas period, leading into the DRF.

I thought he jumped well, he certainly wasn't disgraced. If he comes back to his A game, he's going to be bang there.

After getting beaten by Inothewayurthinkin last year, he's got to go back to his first Gold Cup form. The form of last year would not be good enough to be competitive in this Gold Cup. The race is going to be a big step forward from last year.

Mark Walsh rode Fact File like he was the best horse in the race at DRF and it’s hard to look past him for the Gold Cup but it’s going to be a proper race

I find it very hard to look past Fact to File. The performance he put in at the DRF was remarkable. His jumping was the best.

I remember years and years ago when Paddy Brennan rode Imperial Commander, when he rode him to stay, he never seemed to perform.

The one time he dared him to go for it in the Gold Cup, he went and won it!

I think that's what Mark Walsh did. Instead of trying to ride him to stay, he just rode him like he was the best horse in the race, and that proved to be the case.

Obviously, The Jukebox Man's performances have been spot on all year. Will he have to step forward slightly to beat Fact to File? Probably, but can he do it? He can. Obviously, Haiti Couleurs has done nothing wrong apart from his one blip.

I thought he won very well the other day; he seems to handle all sorts of ground. He’s won at Cheltenham and he'd probably be my pick of the British.

Jango Baie looked to me like he got outpaced and was just a bit un no man's land at Kempton.

Nico said Cheltenham will probably suit him better and the way he powered up the hill in the Arkle last year, you can’t knock him.

On the whole, it's a really intriguing Gold Cup and it's something we've been looking forward to for a while. Instead of having a short price favourite, it's quite nice that you can have a 3-1 or 4-1 favourite. Five or six of them have a chance, at less than 7-1 or 8-1.

And that makes it a proper race.

Haiti Couleurs should go for the Gold Cup

If you've got a horse of Haiti Couleurs’ quality at this stage surely the Gold Cup is the target. Look at Synchronised going from winning a Welsh National to winning a Gold Cup.

I think this horse shows a bit more class. The way he went round in the Denman was very good I thought. Sean Bowen was very positive; his jumping was good. He quickened away well.

He's very ground versatile, he's obviously won at the track, and I do think he's actually improving. He's certainly a horse you'd love to have in your yard. He’s very consistent. Apart from Haydock, you can't fault him.