NATIVE River is OUT of the Cheltenham Festival and likely the rest of the season.
Colin Tizzard’s stable star will miss the Gold Cup and the Grand National after suffering a tendon injury.
He triumphed under Richard Johnson in the 2018 Gold Cup and had been a 12-1 shot with a number of bookmakers for this season’s renewal.
The Tizzard team will now solely rely on Betfair Chase winner Lostintranslation who is a 7-1 chance.
Trainer Colin Tizzard’s son and assistant Joe, said: “Unfortunately we’ve had to scratch Native River from the Gold Cup this morning – he’s picked up a suspensory tendon injury, which means his season is over.”
More to follow…
