sport news King denied first Festival runner after Steal A March is scratched but Blazing ... trends now

sport news King denied first Festival runner after Steal A March is scratched but Blazing ... trends now
sport news King denied first Festival runner after Steal A March is scratched but Blazing ... trends now

sport news King denied first Festival runner after Steal A March is scratched but Blazing ... trends now

King denied first Festival runner after Steal A March is scratched by Nicky Henderson, but favourite Blazing Khal is given the go ahead to run in Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle Steal A March has been scratched from Thursday’s Pertemps Hurdle Final There had been doubts over Blazing Khal after he sustained a cut on a leg  Trainer Ben Pauling has booked Rachael Blackmore to ride his new recruit Bad

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Hopes of a royal runner at the meeting have been dashed after the Nicky Henderson-trained Steal A March was scratched from Thursday’s Pertemps Hurdle Final.

Steal A March qualified for the Festival final of the Pertemps series when winning at Wincanton on Boxing Day and he would have been a first runner there for King Charles and the Queen Consort.

Meanwhile, the Charles Byrnes-trained Blazing Khal has been given the go ahead to run in Thursday’s Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle. 

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