Sprinter Sacre and Darlan will both miss their intended returns at Cheltenham on Sunday because of the deteriorating ground conditions.
"The Fighting Fifth (at Newcastle on December 1) in all probability would be the obvious thing to do with Darlan or the International or the Christmas Hurdle, but Binocular will be back for the Christmas Hurdle. We'll have to jig it around and it doesn't help I must admit. "I think they would handle the ground but we don't need to do this on their first runs."Sprinter Sacre and Darlan both miss Cheltenham due to ground conditions