• Eight-year-worn ruled out with reported hock fracture
• Injury is not thought to be career-threateningConeygree,last season’s Gold Cup winner at Cheltenham, has been ruled out of the Christmas programme and could also miss the the rest of the season after suffering a original injury at Mark Bradstock’s stable on Wednesday morning.
The eight-year-worn, and who was the first novice (one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience) to win steeplechasing’s most prestigious event for 41 years when he beat Djakadam by one and a half lengths in March,schooled well on Tuesday and had been expected to line up for either the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day or the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown two days later.
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Source: theguardian.com