Nicky Henderson has dominated out Shishkin for this season resulting from a “uncommon bone situation” after his disappointing run on the Queen Mom Chase Championships at Cheltenham.
The eight-year-old was unbeaten in seven earlier matches on the fences, and was a sizzling favourite to assert his third win of the pageant within the second-day function final month.
However the writing was on the wall for his supporters from early on, as Nico de Buinville gave up the ghost and pulled Shishkin straight in his again.
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Henderson initially thought-about blaming take a look at situations after heavy rain within the Cotswolds, however has now found another excuse why his steady star did not dwell as much as expectations.
“The following day he was really fairly fantastic, then he was lame for just a few days after which he was fantastic,” Seven Barrows therapist instructed Unibet.
“We weren’t fairly certain the place it was. At first we put it on the bottom, however I feel in Coronary heart of Hearts we knew that though it was terrible floor, that wasn’t all – there was one thing else that was bothering us.
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“Now we have, on the very least, digging and digging and digging till we will give you one thing. Nothing was apparent, but it surely was intermittently weak on totally different legs, which appeared form of unusual.
“We just lately did a bone scan on his total physique which can normally present you the new spot and let you know the place the lameness is. On this, 4 totally different sizzling spots appeared in fully totally different locations.
“He has what you must name a really uncommon bone situation. Why within the title of heaven ought to he all of the sudden do this on Chase’s Day, good is aware of, however that is the primary day it affected him—he did not make a flimsy transfer right through his preparation.
“The ground we knew was a priority, however that has nothing to do with it.”
The unusual difficulty implies that Shishkin’s administration plans for The Celebration Chase in Sandown have been placed on maintain, however Henderson sees no motive to not return in addition to subsequent time period.
He added, “It is a very unusual drawback, however it is extremely fixable. He’ll get a month’s relaxation, then stroll a month, after which we take him out into the sector.”
“There may be completely no motive why he should not be prepared for the beginning of subsequent season. As soon as the bone stops such growth in these 4 particular areas, that would be the finish of it.
“Sadly, all this actually means is that he’ll miss Celebration Chase at Sandown, which is the place I hoped he would go.
“It is a pity he will not be capable to run there, however so long as he is fantastic for subsequent season, that is all that issues.”
