Updated / Monday, 26 Apr 2021
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Jack Kennedy partnered Minella Indo to glory at Cheltenham
Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Minella Indo has been ruled out of the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup on Wednesday with a bruised foot.
Henry de Bromhead was forced to pull the plug on his intended seasonal swansong when he discovered the problem on Monday.
Minella Indo led home a historic one-two for the trainer in the Gold Cup last month, when beating stablemate A Plus Tard. It s a very minor thing, but it’s the right thing to do and we thought we’d let everybody know sooner rather than later, said De Bromhead.
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Henry de Bromhead’s stable stars paraded at Tramore last Sunday: Honeysuckle, Put The Kettle On, Minella Indo, Minella Times, Balko Des Flos. The Champion Hurdle winner, the Champion Chase winner, the Gold Cup winner, the Grand National winner, the Grand National runner-up.
It is not so long ago that, if Irish trainers as a collective had had that haul, it would have been quite incredible. For one trainer, it was unprecedented.
Gold Cup hero Minella Indo ruled out of Punchestown with bruised foot
Henry de Bromhead’s Cheltenham hero meets with late setback. By Press Association Monday 26 Apr 2021, 5:21 PM 5 hours ago 1,482 Views 0 Comments
Minella Indo has a stone bruise.
Image: Morgan Treacy
Image: Morgan Treacy
CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP hero Minella Indo has been ruled out of the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup on Wednesday with a bruised foot.
Henry de Bromhead was forced to pull the plug on his intended seasonal swansong when he discovered the problem on Monday.
Minella Indo led home a historic one-two for the trainer in the Gold Cup last month, when beating stablemate A Plus Tard.
William Hill Champion Chase (Grade 1) | 2m | 5yo+ | RTE2/RTV
Willie Mullins is eager to see if breathtaking Ryanair Chase winner Allaho has the necessary pace to be one the become one of the top two-mile chasers in training next season, suggesting that the outcome of Tuesday s scintillating William Hill Champion Chase will have a bearing on the seven-year-old s 2021-22 campaign.
Cheveley Park s ace performer produced a dominant front-running display when bolting up at the Cheltenham Festival and is set for his first chasing start over shorter than 2m4f.
Rachael Blackmore, who took no prisoners in that 12-length demolition job, maintains the partnership with the 2020 RSA Chase third.
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