Withold out of Nothumberland Plate
Last year’s winner Withold has been withdrawn from Saturday’s Northumberland Plate due to a minor lung infection.
The Tony Bloom-owned six-year-old, who followed up his 2017 Cesarewitch success with victory in the Northumberland Plate at Newcastle last summer, has picked up a lung problem and trainer Roger Charlton says he will not be risked. Withold suffered a broken blood vessel on his Australian debut in the Geelong Cup last October and Charlton insists they will not take any chances this weekend. ‘Withhold has been declared a non runner in the Northumberland Plate. He has a low grade infection in his lungs,’ Charlton wrote on Twitter.‘It has been well documented that he broke a blood vessel in Melbourne and an infection increases the risk of it happening again. His welfare is hugely important to us. ‘ Bloom will now hope Stratum shines for him in the race, while the likes of Gibbs Hill, Proschema and King’s Advice are all also fancied to run well.
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