The star novice Bob Olinger is being treated for a muscle problem that trainer Henry de Bromhead believes can explain his disappointing display at the Cheltenham festival.
Mixed emotions greeted Bob Olinger’s performance in the Turners Novice Chase as it was a victory secured on the back of a dramatic final-fence fall by his rival, Galopin Des Champs.
Billed as the festival’s most eagerly anticipated head-to-head, the effective match between Ireland’s top two novice chasers failed to live up to expectations. Bob Olinger, who’d made a mistake at the fourth last fence, was struggling before the straight and had no chance with Galopin Des Champs in the closing stages, only for the latter to throw away victory with his spill at …
- March 30, 2022
