LIE FORRIT

Has had a setback so won't be out soon

As BD said, but bit more info from August time :-

LIE FORRIT will miss the start of the jumps season after a scan revealed the six-year-old had suffered slight tendon damage.

Trained by Willie Amos, Lie Forrit emerged as a possible dark horse for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at last season's Cheltenham Festival after successive victories in a Listed race at Cheltenham and under top weight in a handicap at Newbury last November.

However, he was subsequently pulled up when favourite for the Cleeve Hurdle before finishing a distant ninth to Big Buck's in the World Hurdle itself.

Revealing the extent of the damage, Amos said on Sunday: "It's stressed fibres not a tear. There was a slight little bit of movement in there so we had it scanned. There's not a percentage tear or a hole in there. We got it very early so it's just a break down of fibres.

"There was a bit of jar after the World Hurdle but he was so fit nothing showed and it was only when he came in and started doing roadwork we saw the slight movement."

Amos has had to postpone plans to send John McNeill's runner novice chasing until at least January and will not risk the horse if he's not completely happy with his condition.

"The best scenario [to return] is January," Amos said. "He'll still go over fences but if we get to January and he's not 110 per cent right that will be him for the season.

"He'll be on the walker all of the time and he's a decent horse and he'll be even better over fences. It's a shame because he's been our flagship horse; I guess will have to try and find another until he's back."