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Inglis Drever Out for Season

Reigning Ladbrokes World Hurdle hero Inglis Drever has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to a tendon injury, the Howard Johnson-trained seven-year-old was on course to defend his crown, but will not now be seen until the autumn.

Inglis Drever landed the Ballymore Properties Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury in November and is thought to have picked up the injury around that time. He subsequently fell when already looking beaten in the totesport Long Walk Hurdle at Chepstow on December 27.

Owner Graham Wylie explained: "He has had a lot of hard races and we think the problem might have surfaced after the Newbury race. "That would explain why he wasn't travelling very well in the Chepstow race and that run could have aggravated it even more."

He continued: "He seemed fine at the weekend apart from a little bit of swelling on his leg, which we thought was nothing more than bruising and it would go down. "We had him scanned this morning and there is a hole in his tendon, so we will have to get him sorted out. "If we had ignored it and carried on it might have made it worse, so we have done what is best for the horse and hopefully he will be back for next season.

Ladbrokes World Hurdle Ante Post Betting

Wylie's No Refuge had already been prominent in the betting for the Cheltenham stayers' contest and the Royal & SunAlliance Hurdle winner is now poised to take over the mantle from his stablemate.

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Cheltenham Festival - Betting Tips

Tom LeeFollowing on from last year, we are delighted to announce that we are featuring horse racing tips from Channel Four Racing presenter, Tom Lee.

Tom appears on Channel 4's Morning Line & covers live Racing in the afternoon as well fronting RTE's Racing coverage in Ireland, his Cheltenham Festival Tips and previews of each day's Racing will be available during the Festival and supported with opinions and views from our Racing writers.

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