Last Updated: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:00
Ireland will hot have a runner in the Cheltenham Gold Cup for the first time since 1996 after War Of Attrition was withdrawn from the r
Mouse Morris took the decision not to risk the 2006 winner after he jarred himself on the gallops. The trainers says the 10-year-old is otherwose well in himself and he will now be aimed at the Grand National at Aintree in April.
War Of Attrition has failed to recapture his best form following injury and was last seen in the Lexus Chase at Punshestown in December when he finished a distant second to Exotic Dancer.