Barron said: "He's fractured his
splint bone, just below the knee, and how it's happened I haven't a clue.
Runner-up to Brave Inca in last season's Supreme Novices Hurdle, he made a winning debut in November over fences at Thurles, but hasn't run since then owing to a fractured
splint bone.
But the 11-year-old has since suffered a hairline fracture of the
splint bone and connections have decided to call it a day.
The winner is trained by Richard Rowe, who said: "He's been a nightmare to train, having been fired and had a
splint bone removed, but he's a cracking horse when he's right.
Trainer Micky Hammond said: "He smashed a
splint bone when he fell in the Grand Sefton last autumn and we took him straight to Minster Vets in York for surgery.
"He had a broken
splint bone which is why he hasn't run recently and I was worried that he might lack some fitness," said Monteith, who trains the nine-year-old for Edinburgh-based Ian Bell, who was gaining his 50th success.
"When he was getting ready to run in October he chipped a bone in his knee and then fractured a
splint bone," said trainer Michael O'Brien's assistant Denis Cullen.