Overview
- Willie Mullins confirmed the eight-year-old suffered a tendon injury on the gallops on Wednesday morning and will miss the entire season.
- A planned return in the Unibet Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown next Saturday has been abandoned.
- The 2024 Champion Hurdle winner departs with 14 wins from 20 starts and more than £1.5 million in prize money, including multiple Grade 1 titles.
- Betting was swiftly revised, with bet365 installing The New Lion at 3-1 in an initial updated market and Lossiemouth cut to 3-1 joint favouritism.
- Mullins’ focus shifts to stablemates Lossiemouth and Anzadam, with Anzadam entered in the Morgiana and the betMGM Fighting Fifth at Newcastle.