If he pulled a muscle or needed treatment to his back - very common in chasers - why doesn't he just say so? More a case of dented pride to me.

he's found problems but won;t say what they are.

Peddlers has done me proud,betting wise,and i hope i'm wrong BUT...i didn't back him at aintree last year cause he'd had too many hard races and been hammered with the whip by his jockey on too many occasions

Mcain admitted after the aintree hurdle he'd made a mistake running him after a punishing champion hurdle/.

imo it goes deeper than that,i said then they may have soured the horse and this could be a reason he'll not win at the highest level again.

Just look at the whipping he was given in the fighting fifth at newbury and in the novice victory at aintree.
As for fences,i think 2 miles isn't far enough for him to run comfotably[it was only his guts that kept him competitive over that trip over hurdles.

spr sacre is something special anyway so thats where my arkle money will be directed.

Why cann't Mccain tell the public what the problem is  and let them make their own opinions.
A lot of people seem to refuse to accept that SS maybe a really special horse and seem to want to find holes
in him. Fair enough if he's odds on but he's not he's 5/2.
A couple of the Racing Post's supposed betting experts put SS up as the worst AP bet at cheltenham yet came
up with very little reasons as to why.