Out of sorts Coneygree to miss Hennessy Gold Cup

Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Coneygree will miss Saturday’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury after failing to sparkle in a schooling session yesterday.

His participation in the prestigious handicap chase had been under a cloud following a small setback but the hope over the last few days was that he might be able to run.

Yesterday’s schooling session was the acid test and if he came through the exercise, for which he was partnered by his regular jockey Nico de Boinville, he was due to take his chance.