Len Madeiros
Rookie
And ends his career with a win! Lovely horse and fondly remembered, by me, for winning a CH at 10/1 in 2012. I'd followed him all season that season, and he did well to serve it up to the Fly the next season and finish second.
Sadly, yes.
Could be another long absence for Simonsig
From ATR
Nicky Henderson is awaiting further expert opinion on the splint problem currently afflicting Simonsig.
The nine-year-old was due to contest last Saturday's Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown but he was pulled out of the race the day before after suffering a setback.
Henderson confirmed Simonsig's lameness is due to a splint, an issue which kept him on the sidelines for the 2013/14 season, but reports it to be unrelated to his previous injury.
He said: "We have taken X-rays this evening and they will now go off to be looked at and then the boffins will decide what we need to do.
"We know it's a splint and while he has had problems with this before - it caused him to miss quite a lot of time two years ago - it is on completely the opposite leg this time.
"It's not an uncommon problem in horses, but this doesn't seem to be related to his previous issues.
"Horses can have splints and it doesn't cause any problems, but unfortunately this flared up for him on Friday.
"He's sore on it and we will have to see what the experts say, I couldn't tell you how long it's going to be at this stage."
Simonsig also missed the 2014/15 campaign after a series of setbacks but made a promising return to the track when second behind stablemate Bobs Worth over hurdles at Aintree last month.