Uimhiraceathair ruled out of RSA Chase

By tony o'hehir 10:43AM 11 MAR 2010 UIMHIRACEATHAIR, as short as 10-1 for the RSA Chase with Blue Square, hasmet with a setback and will miss Wednesday's race.

Trainer Willie Mullins, who is the process of finalising his big team for the Festival, said on Thursday morning: "Unfortunately, Uimhiraceathair is lame and we have had to rule him out of Cheltenham."

Uimhiraceathair has won both of his races over fences. A six length winner over 2m4f on his chasing debut at Gowran Park in January, he went on to dead-heat with Telenor in the Grade 2 Ten Up Novice Chase over 3m at Navan last month .

Mullins had been expecting the eight year old to improve from the Navan race and to relish the better ground at Cheltenham.