Bard out of festival

Keltic Bard, a 16-1 chance with the sponsors for the William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase, will miss the Cheltenham Festival after picking up an injury.

Bard out of festival
Sun, 26 Feb, 2006 - 10:23

Keltic Bard, a 16-1 chance with the sponsors for the William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase, will miss the Cheltenham Festival after picking up an injury.

The Charlie Mann-trained nine-year-old has sustained a stress fracture to his near-fore cannon bone following his eyecatching third in the Sky Bet Chase at Southwell.

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