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Arzal out of County Hurdle

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Published at Mar 10, 2015, 10:03

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Arzal has been ruled out of the Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham on Friday.

The Harry Whittington-trained five-year-old suffered a knock when making a mistake early on in the Imperial Cup at Sandown on Saturday.

"He won't be running on Friday," said Whittington.

"He picked up a problem at the second hurdle and that was why he ran a disappointing race."

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