Topofthegame, third favourite for next year's Cheltenham Gold Cup, has been ruled out for the season.

 

Trainer Paul Nicholls said the brilliant RSA Chase winner had suffered a minor leg injury.

 

He hopes the horse will return next season and go for the Gold Cup in 2021.

The confirmed runners for the Arc on Sunday can Enable create history and win it for a third year in a row?

 

 

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After mentioning Enable 188 times before the race ITV still focused more on her than the winner Waldegist in the Arc De Triomphe but got Waldegist at 20/1 e/w back on Wednesday. Now she can enjoy a well earned retirement, Enable.

Wicklow Brave, one of racing's most popular and versatile horses, has died after a fall when leading in the American Grand National.

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After 569 days on the sidelines, Douvan is back with a stunning victory at Clonmel.

Tiger Roll has suffered a setback and will have a small chip taken out of a joint on Friday.

 

Eddie O'Leary: "It will rule him out of Christmas, but we hope to make the Boyne Hurdle at Navan. If not, it will be straight to Cheltenham."

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Hollie Doyle becomes the third female jockey in Britain to ride 100 winners in a calendar year.

Hollie Doyle has broken the record for British victories by a female jockey in a calendar year after riding her 107th winner of 2019 at Southwell.

 

The 23-year-old triumphed aboard Class Clown to pass the landmark set by Josephine Gordon.

 

Doyle is only the third British woman to reach a century in a year after Hayley Turner and Gordon.

Cheers Mack The Man and Walk In The Mill backed both at Sandown and Walk In The Mill in the Becher Chase.

Seven jockeys who received 10-day bans for ignoring a flag signal to stop a race at Sandown have appealed against the decision to the British Horseracing Authority.

 

The seven finishers in Saturday's London National rode through the yellow stop-race flag that was being waved because of a stricken horse.

 

Philip Donovan came first on Doing Fine, but the race was declared void.

 

The jockeys' appeal will now be heard by an independent panel.

 

If the ban is upheld, the group will miss the lucrative Christmas and new year racing programmes.

 

The other jockeys are Daryl Jacob, Harry Skelton, Adam Wedge, Jamie Moore, James Davies and Stan Sheppard.

 

The incident happened as the veteran steeplechaser Houblon Des Obeaux was being attended to after suffering a fatal heart attack, according to trainer Venetia Williams.

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The seven jockeys who received ten-day bans in the wake of the void London National at Sandown for continuing to ride to the finish have had their appeals upheld and suspensions quashed following a disciplinary hearing into the race.

 

All seven jockeys who appealed their suspensions – Jamie Moore, Daryl Jacob, Adam Wedge, Stan Sheppard, Harry Skelton, James Davies and Philip Donovan – are free to ride over the busy and lucrative festive period, with the bans originally scheduled to start on December 21.

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Clan Des Obeaux made it back-to-back wins in the King George VI Chase with a dominant victory at Kempton.

 

Sam Twiston-Davies' mount came to the front of the field with two fences left and the 11-2 chance went well clear to win by 21 lengths.

 

It gives trainer Paul Nicholls a record-extending 11th win in the prestigious Boxing Day race.

Unbeaten novice chaser Sam Spinner has been ruled out for the season after suffering a pelvic injury.

 

Last season's Stayers' Hurdle runner-up had won all three of his starts over fences this season, most notably defeating Windsor Avenue by 38 lengths at Doncaster, and had been installed as a 16-1 shot for the RSA Chase.