Sharjah has been ruled out of the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on March 15 after suffering a hip injury.
The Willie Mullins-trained nine-year-old, second to Epatante and Honeysuckle in the past two runnings of the Tuesday feature, was Paddy Power’s 7-1 third favourite to go one better next month.
But Sharjah’s name was not among the 14 horses left in the Unibet-sponsored test - for which reigning champion Honeysuckle is now a best-priced 1-2 market leader - earlier today.
