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Quito also out of the Hennessy

Quito De La RoqueQuito De La Roque
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Following on from the news that Jessies Dream is out of the Hennessy, the Colm Murphy trained Quito De La Roque has now also been ruled out.

Quito De La Roque had last been seen finishing third to Synchronised in the Lexus Chase over Christmas.

His trainer Colm Murphy said this afternoon: "He definitely won't run, he scoped badly.

"It's just a little hiccup really, we weren't 100 per cent happy with him when he was ridden this afternoon, so we had him scoped to see what the problem was and he has a bit of mucus in him.

"I'm not sure what we will do now, I'll speak to Michael and Eddie (O'Leary, of owners Gigginstown House Stud) - this was Plan A so I'm not sure what Plan B will be."

Prior to his run in the Lexus, the eight-year-old had beaten Sizing Europe in the JNWine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal in November.