Death Duty to miss remainder of campaign with hock injury
By Racing TV
Last Updated: Tue 5 Dec 2023
Highly-rated novice chaser Death Duty has suffered an injury to a hind joint and will miss the rest of the season.
Death Duty was as short as 8-1 for the RSA Chase and 6-1 for the JLT Novices' Chase (PA)
Gordon Elliott's seven-year-old, owned by Gigginstown House Stud, won his first three starts over fences, including the Grade One Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse, but fell on his last outing at Leopardstown over Christmas.
Death Duty sustained the problem during the Racing Post Novice Chase, with Gigginstown racing manager Eddie O'Leary suggesting the problem may have occurred before his final-fence fall.
"Unfortunately he'll be out for the season," O'Leary said.
"I'd say it probably happened earlier than the fall because it is a problem with a hind joint.
"Hopefully he'll be back next season."
Death Duty had been prominent in the Cheltenham Festival betting for both the RSA Novices' Chase and the JLT Novices' Chase.
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