Nicky Henderson’s massive Cheltenham Festival favourite Sir Gino pulled from crucial prep race with injury

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It's not what the trainer wanted

Sam Morgan, Deputy Betting and Gaming Editor

Published: 10:28, 7 Feb 2025
Updated: 10:30, 7 Feb 2025

Head-and-shoulders photograph of Nicky Henderson astatine Cheltenham Racecourse.

NICKY HENDERSON'S monolithic Cheltenham Festival favourite Sir Gino has been pulled from his important prep contention with an injury.

The awesome novice chaser was large odds-on favourite to onshore tomorrow's Game Spirit Chase astatine Newbury.

Sir Gino jumping a hurdle during a race.

That was to beryllium his last tally earlier adjacent month's Arkle wherever helium is acceptable for a blockbuster clash with Willie Mullins' Majborough.

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But Henderson confirmed Sir Gino volition miss Newbury this play owed to a 'small wound'.

He said: "Regrettably Sir Gino volition beryllium incapable to tally astatine Newbury time arsenic helium has sustained a tiny coiled to the wrong of his adjacent hind limb which is sore, it indispensable person occurred during regular workout yesterday and though helium is little sore this greeting than past nighttime I americium acrophobic it volition not beryllium wholly cleared by Saturday.

"We expect that helium volition beryllium backmost to mean by the opening of adjacent week truthful the timing is precise unfortunate.

"This volition permission america with a dilemma wherever to spell successful bid to get different tally earlier the Arkle.

"The Pendil astatine Kempton would beryllium an enactment though it is implicit 2 ½ which is not ideal.

"There are precise fewer alternatives but for a recently created 2m novice astatine Bangor connected 26th February but that is getting horribly adjacent to Cheltenham."

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