Racing: Trying time for Gandolfo

Trying Again, a Cheltenham Gold Cup hope who was due to contest next Saturday's Racing Post Chase, is likely to miss the rest of the season after picking up an infection. The gelding had not run since finishing second in the Rehearsal Chase at Chepstow in December.

"He was found with a pedal-bone infection a couple of days ago and will not run at Kempton," David Gandolfo, his trainer, said. "It's bad enough to put the rest of his season in doubt,"