Into Overdrive ruled out of Sky Bet Chase date
Dirty scope has scuppered Doncaster plan.
Into Overdrive will miss his intended run in the Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster on Saturday after scoping dirty and now looks set to be saved for the Cheltenham Festival. Trainer Mark Walford was primed to run in the valuable three-mile event after Into Overdrive defeated Sounds Russian in the Rowland Meyrick at Wetherby on Boxing Day. Prior to that, the highly-progressive Court Cave gelding had chased home L’Homme Presse in the Rehearsal Chase at Newcastle.The highly progressive Into Overdrive is a game winner of the GBP 50,000 @WilliamHill Rowland Meyrick for @mwalfordracing & Jamie Hamilton in a thrilling contest at @WetherbyRaces 🏇 pic.twitter.com/XyhbXADrBm
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) December 26, 2022
However, hopes of a third success of the season will have to wait a while after Wendy Hamilton’s eight-year-old was found to be under the weather. “It is disappointing, but it is nothing serious,” said Walford. “You’ve got to be at the top of your game to be running in those sort of races. “There was just a little bit of mucus – nothing I’m overly concerned about, It is just bad timing.”
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