Racing: Irish raider Justified is the latest high profile horse to miss the Cheltenham festival.
Dusty Sheehy’s charge was due to run in the two-mile Arkle chase but scoped badly after working at Gowran Park last week.
"You can’t go to Cheltenham if you’re not totally right and we had to take the decision and give it a miss," Sheehy explained.
The seven-year-old has won three of his five starts over fences this season but was a little disappointing when only third behind Missed That at Leopardstown in January.
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Sheehy added: "It’s disappointing but that’s racing. We will look towards either Fairyhouse or Punchestown for him now."
Justified had been as low as 12-1 with Coral for next Tuesday’s Arkle.