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04 Mar 14
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My Tent Or Yours' Cheltenham Festival preparations have taken a jolt after trainer Nicky Henderson said the Stan James Champion Hurdle aspirant suffered "a discreet puncture" on the sole of a hoof.
The seven-year-old gelding has had his shoe removed and the Seven Barrows team are currently assessing the problem before deciding on exactly how to treat it.
Henderson told Press Association Sport: "We have had to take his shoe off and he has a discreet puncture wound in the sole. It's tender right now, but it's rather new so it's bound to be sore."
He added: "We are tending to it as we speak. We have got his shoe off right now and we are designing a new one to cover and protect it.
"One would assume he must have done it on Monday so it will be sore, but we have just got to tread carefully and we will keep everyone posted.
"He's finished all his work, he galloped on Saturday so I'm not worried work-wise.
"No trainer wants a problem at this stage, though. We are all praying for a trouble-free run but we don't seem to be getting one across the board.
"We've got all the experts here and we are working on it at the moment, it's just a matter of what we do and we will update everyone later."
My Tent Or Yours has already claimed two Grade Ones this term, landing the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle before following up in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day, when he beat fellow Cheltenham runner The New One.
The seven-year-old gelding has had his shoe removed and the Seven Barrows team are currently assessing the problem before deciding on exactly how to treat it.
Henderson told Press Association Sport: "We have had to take his shoe off and he has a discreet puncture wound in the sole. It's tender right now, but it's rather new so it's bound to be sore."
He added: "We are tending to it as we speak. We have got his shoe off right now and we are designing a new one to cover and protect it.
"One would assume he must have done it on Monday so it will be sore, but we have just got to tread carefully and we will keep everyone posted.
"He's finished all his work, he galloped on Saturday so I'm not worried work-wise.
"No trainer wants a problem at this stage, though. We are all praying for a trouble-free run but we don't seem to be getting one across the board.
"We've got all the experts here and we are working on it at the moment, it's just a matter of what we do and we will update everyone later."
My Tent Or Yours has already claimed two Grade Ones this term, landing the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle before following up in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day, when he beat fellow Cheltenham runner The New One.
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Shouldn't be a problem if it's fresh.....if it isn't infected should be just a matter of applying a pad under the shoe for a few days...won't miss a lot of work if any.
Any MTOY backers delighted with the news ? Nobody wants news like this if they fancy one .
Binocular had a huge metabolism boost when he was treated by the Coolmore vet?
KY HENDERSON reported that leading Champion Hurdle hope My Tent Or Yours was "perfectly sound" when led out on Wednesday morning following a foot injury scare on Monday.
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His participation at Cheltenham was not thought to be in doubt and Henderson confirmed he remains on target for Tuesday's Stan James-sponsored championship event.
"He was perfectly sound this morning, 100 per cent," the champion trainer told the Racing Post on Wednesday morning.
"He'll have a swim later today because that's something he thoroughly enjoys and it's a nice morning for it. We're never out of the woods with something like this and it's a day to day thing but it was very encouraging to see him perfectly all right this morning."
It is believed the near-fore minor puncture wound was sustained on Monday and the two-time Grade 1 winner has been eased slightly to 5-1 by most firms, having been a 9-2 shot. The New One and Hurricane Fly, disputing favouritism, were clipped in to a general 11-4 (from 3).
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His participation at Cheltenham was not thought to be in doubt and Henderson confirmed he remains on target for Tuesday's Stan James-sponsored championship event.
"He was perfectly sound this morning, 100 per cent," the champion trainer told the Racing Post on Wednesday morning.
"He'll have a swim later today because that's something he thoroughly enjoys and it's a nice morning for it. We're never out of the woods with something like this and it's a day to day thing but it was very encouraging to see him perfectly all right this morning."
It is believed the near-fore minor puncture wound was sustained on Monday and the two-time Grade 1 winner has been eased slightly to 5-1 by most firms, having been a 9-2 shot. The New One and Hurricane Fly, disputing favouritism, were clipped in to a general 11-4 (from 3).
Frank we get these scares every year, I take most of them with a pinch of salt trainers are renowned for putting out bogus injury scares gives them a ready made excuse if their horse runs a shocker or is beaten a short head he would've won only for the knock.
In this case MTOY might well have had a genuine knock, but such is the frequency of these scares leading up to a big race the cry wolf syndrome leaves many punters sceptical as to their authenticity.
I'm sure we will have a few more before the week is out, worked poorly on Wednesday and then worked brilliantly on Sunday.
In this case MTOY might well have had a genuine knock, but such is the frequency of these scares leading up to a big race the cry wolf syndrome leaves many punters sceptical as to their authenticity.
I'm sure we will have a few more before the week is out, worked poorly on Wednesday and then worked brilliantly on Sunday.
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