Barry Connell opts to run Foxrock in Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham

Foxrock will be supplemented for the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival after owner Barry Connell ruled out a tilt at the Gold Cup.

The Ted Walsh-trained seven-year-old ran a tremendous race to fill the runner-up spot in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown last month, prompting connections to think long and hard about adding him to the field for the blue riband on Friday week.

However, in a surprise decision, he will instead be added to Thursday’s two-mile-five-furlong Grade One at a cost of £15,000 (€20,700).