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Fingal Bay will miss Cheltenham.
"Unfortunately time has beaten us and Fingal Bay won't make Cheltenham..."
Philip Hobbs has admitted defeat in the race to get Fingal Bay to the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival...
The unbeaten six-year-old, rated 156p by Timeform, suffered a setback last week and while the injury is only minor, it has come at the wrong time of the season.
Having been ante-post favourite for the race for most of the season, the news is another blow for punters after the likes of Grandouet and Minsk were ruled out of their respective targets in recent days.
"Unfortunately time has beaten us and Fingal Bay won't make Cheltenham," said Hobbs.
"Thankfully, it is not a serious problem which is the silver lining as we'll have him for Aintree and Punchestown.
"He just needs another week which we haven't got."
Simonsig now heads the market for the Neptune at [4.9], but there is still a possibility that he will run in the Supreme, for which he can be backed at [16.5]. Boston Bob, who heads the Albert Bartlett market, is currently trading at [5.3] for the Neptune with Monksland third-best at [8.8].
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