Jack Kennedy has been ruled out of the Cheltenham Festival in a major blow to the leading jockey and the Gordon Elliott stable.
It will be the second time the 23-year-old has been robbed of involvement at the meeting by injury, having missed the fixture in 2020.
Kennedy broke a leg in a fall at Naas in January and was facing a race against time to be fit for the four day meeting after a below knee fracture was confirmed.
