OWNERS Paul and Clare Rooney suffered a double blow this week when both Willoughby Court and If The Cap Fits were ruled out of the Cheltenham Festival due to injury.

Willoughby Court was the market leader for the JLT Chase but his trainer Ben Pauling has had to pull up stumps due to the gelding suffering with pus in a foot. The Court Cave seven-year-old was an excellent winner of the Neptune Hurdle at the Festival last season and had shown a very good level in novice chases this season.