Gordon Elliott’s Minella Crooner, the ante-post favourite for the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle, will miss the race due to a pulled muscle. A recent Grade One runner-up at Leopardstown over two miles and six furlongs, the David Barnard-owned six-year-old had won three of his five races under Rules and finished runner-up in the other two. […]
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