Lostintranslation back ‘in good nick’ for Gold Cup prep run
Tizzard star will head to either Newbury or Ascot this month.
Lostintranslation is back in full health and on course for another run before bidding again to win the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup next month. Colin Tizzard’s nine-year-old was third in the Festival showpiece last season but has run poorly in his two appearances this term, and was found to have burst a blood vessel when pulled up in the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day. Tizzard’s son and assistant Joe reports, however, that the dual Grade One winner has recovered well and will run this month – either in Newbury’s Denman Chase or the Ascot Chase.Lostintranslation is among a number of horses who have performed below expectations for the yard this season. Tizzard added: “We found a couple of things wrong with them – something that was going round in the air, and their mineral levels weren’t quite right – but I do think we are heading in the right direction. “Hopefully, this is the start of better things for us. “Lostintranslation had a little bleed in the King George but is in good nick now. He will go for the Denman Chase, all being well – and if we think the ground isn’t suitable, then we would wait for the trial at Ascot.”
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