Altior has been ruled out of Wednesday's Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
Trainer Nicky Henderson revealed that the 11-year-old returned an unsatisfactory scope after he coughed following exercise this morning .
Altior has won the race twice before as well as the Arkle and the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle,
The going on the course has been described as soft, good to soft in places following unexpected rainfall of 10 millimetres overnight.
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The eagerly awaited festival kicks off tomorrow with the opening race off at 1:20pm.
Waterford trainer Henry De Bromhead is well represented, with Honeysuckle going in the CHAMPION HURDLE.
You can listen to the second-part of our extensive chat with Henry on this evening's "On The Ball" on WLR from 6:10pm, which also feature analysis from our Racing correspondent, Mark Phillips.
