Gordon Elliott was forced to govern his star by remaining the hunter Gerri Colombe for the rest of the season.
Last year, the finalist of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the winner of Aintree Bowl have not been seen since disappointing on his reappearance in Down Royal in early November, when he only finished the third behind Envi Allen In his candidacy for consecutive victories in the ladbroke champion in the ladbroke champion. Hunting.
Since then, he has missed several possible commitments, Elliott declaring that he was not 100% satisfied with the nine -year -old child but that he hoped that he would return to Pitch concert for the main festivals in the spring .
However, these hopes were destroyed after the Hunger belonging to Robcour suffered a setback, which means that it will not come back before fall as soon as possible.
In a statement published on his website, Elliott said: “Unfortunately, Gerri Colombe has met a backhand, which means that he will not run this season anymore.
“It is not an end of career or particularly serious, but it came at the wrong time of the season, so we will have to exclude it from spring festivals.
“It is a blow for ourselves and in the Robcour team, but we will focus on the good to do it for next season when, hopefully, all the roads will lead us to the Gold Cup.”
