Assembly out for the season Pat Fahy has been forced to abandon plans to bring Morning Assembly back in time for the major spring Festivals. One of the leading novice chasers either side of the Irish Sea last season, he finished third in both the RSA Chase and at the Punchestown Festival. The Irish Grand National had been mooted as a possible target but he will now not be seen until next season. "They (the vets) just didn't give him the all-clear," Fahy told At The Races. "They just weren't happy enough with him and said that he needed another couple of weeks, but I said we just haven't got them and that we'd finish it and start next year. "There's no problem, he just needs time. He's nearly 100 per cent, but the vets aren't aren't happy to let us kick on and he's too good to take chances with."
