Injured Ollie misses Cheltenham

ANOTHER Cheltenham Festival favourite bit the dust yesterday when Ollie Magern was ruled out for the rest of the season with a leg injury.

Sat, 12 Mar, 2005 - 00:00

The Nigel Twiston-Davies trained gelding joins Best Mate on the easy list after the triple Gold Cup hero defected from the blue riband after breaking a blood vessel.

Ollie Magern, who was being considered for the Gold Cup, was as low as 11-4 market leader for the Royal & SunAlliance Chase.

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