Zaidpour setback for Mullins

Willie Mullins has revealed that smart recruit Zaidpour will not see a racecourse this season after suffering a setback.

The former Alain Royer-Dupre inmate is a half-brother to last season’s Triumph Hurdle hero Zaynar and having been heavily backed for the same contest in ante-post lists, Zaidpour had been as short as 14-1 for Festival glory.