CUE Card is set to miss tomorrow’s Betfair Super Saturday Chase at Newbury.
The six-year-old was due to have his final prep run for the Arkle in the rescheduled Grade Two heat, which is better known as the Game Spirit Chase.
However, jockey Joe Tizzard tweeted: “Cue Card misses Friday’s Game Spirit Chase.”
Tizzard’s father Colin, who trains the 2010 Champion Bumper winner, explained that a minor setback meant he would now head to Cheltenham without another run.
Tizzard snr said: “He’s just got a slight knock on his fetlock joint.
“We thought we’d better let people know with the ante-post betting and everything.
“If the race was next week we’d be fine and there wouldn’t have even been a need to mention it, but it’s just going to stop him running this week.
“He’ll be fine in a few days but we’ll have to go straight to Cheltenham now – it was this or nothing.”
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