Cowboy to miss festival
24/02/2006 - 17:23:24Rhinestone Cowboy has been ruled out of the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham next month by trainer Jonjo O’Neill.
The 10-year-old has not been seen since landing a Grade One event at Punchestown in April 2004, when he defeated his stablemate and the then stayers’ hurdle champion Iris’s Gift.
“We are losing the battle and he will not make Cheltenham,” said O’Neill.
“I will have to talk to the owners but he will probably be retired.”
