One of the big favourites at next week’s Cheltenham Festival has been passed fit to run after an injury scare.
Blazing Khal, trained by Charles Byrnes, was not certain to take his place in the field for the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle after sustaining “a few bits of nicks” that required treatment after his latest start.
The seven-year-old won back-to-back Grade Two novice prizes at Cheltenham in the autumn of 2021, but missed the rest of the season through injury and did not ultimately return for 14 months.
