Boys bypasses Festival

The former Colin Bowe-trained point-to-pointer, Red Devil Boys will not contest next Friday's Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, trainer John Ferguson has confirmed.

The six-year-old was a bumper winner at Doncaster last November before following up over hurdles back at that track the following month.

Ferguson had entered his promising charge for the three-mile novice event on the final day of the Festival, but he will not take up that engagement and will be put away for next season.

The trainer tweeted: "Red Devil Boys will not run again this year. A very exciting prospect for Novice Chasing in the Autumn."