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Trainer De Bromhead to send Festival winner Bob Olinger for tests

Henry de Bromhead is to give Bob Olinger a thorough check-up after having reason to believe he under-performed after being handed the Turners Novices' Chase on a plate at Cheltenham.

The seven-year-old was struggling some 12 lengths behind Galopin Des Champs when that horse dramatically fell at the final fence, leaving Bob Olinger to come home a long way clear of the other two finishers.

De Bromhead was finding Bob Olinger's performance difficult to comprehend until jockey Rachael Blackmore reported after the race the horse made a noise.

"He was very disappointing. Rachael said he made a very strange noise after he jumped the fourth-last," he said.

"She just felt he started to empty after that so we definitely need to check that out. It might be an individual thing for him, but we have to dig into these things and make sure we have them as best as we can.

"Before I spoke to Rachael I never believed any horse could make Bob Olinger look like that.

"Without taking too much away from Galopin Des Champs, having spoken to Rachael and watched the race again, he wasn't right. He could barely trot up the hill this year. He was stiff and sore when he got home.

"He's booked in for plenty of tests this week. It's probably one of the most disappointing Grade Ones we've ever won, but that's the reality of it and we have to try to get him back to his best.

"We'll run our tests and see. It might be something simple. We just need to get him checked out and see from there."

De Bromhead also plans to have Minella Indo checked out as he felt last year's Cheltenham Gold Cup winner did not finish in his usual style when beaten by stablemate A Plus Tard in this year's renewal.

"Minella Indo did not gallop to the line so we might run a few checks on him

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