Gordon Elliott dealt huge blow with Grade 1 winner ruled out for season

GORDON ELLIOTT has been dealt a immense stroke with Grade 1 victor Irish Point ruled retired for the season.

The Robcour-owned six-year-old finished 2nd to State Man successful past year's Champion Hurdle.

He had picked up 2 Grade 1s earlier that, including astatine Aintree and the Jack de Bromhead hurdle by 11 lengths astatine Leopardstown past Christmas.

But Elliott has confirmed the 12-1 Stayers' Hurdle fancy is retired for the play aft suffering a setback.

He told the Racing Post: "Unfortunately, Irish Point has met with a setback and it volition mean helium misses the full season.

"It's evidently a shame arsenic helium was 1 we were truly looking guardant to.

"It's decidedly not career-threatening oregon thing similar that and he's inactive a young equine with his champion days up of him.

"I've nary uncertainty helium volition beryllium backmost adjacent play and we'll look guardant to getting him backmost connected a racecourse then."

More to follow.

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