SADLY for the connections of the promising Castlebrook it was announced last weekend that the gelding had suffered a setback and would not race again this season.

The Jimmy Mangan-trained eight-year-old had shaped up nicely in three runs over fences so far and with a step up to three miles promising to suit him very well he was many people’s long term fancy for Gowran’s biggest race of the year, the Thyestes.