China Rock out for the season Irish raider China Rock remains in England for treatment after suffering a season-ending injury in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup. The eight-year-old chestnut, trained by Gold Cup-winning handler Mouse Morris, travelled sweetly from the outset before suddenly weakening four out. China Rock was subsequently pulled up before the penultimate fence, but it later transpired he had sustained tendinitis in one of his legs. "I've had to leave him over in England," said County Tipperary-based Morris. "He's with the doctors and vets over there because he's got a bit of tendinitis. "It's not life-threatening or anything like that - he'll be back, but not this season. "I'm gutted because he would have definitely finished in the first four. "Going down the hill he was travelling unbelievably well."
