Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Inothewayurthinkin will skip subsequent month’s Grand Nationwide after coach Gavin Cromwell determined to relaxation him for the Aintree showpiece.
The seven-year-old denied favourite Galopin Des Champs a historic hat-trick on the Prestbury Park course final Friday as Mark Walsh rode him to victory by six lengths.
Inothewayurthinkin was the 5-2 favorite for the Grand Nationwide on 5 April, however the JP McManus-owned horse was scratched from the record of entries for the long-lasting Liverpool steeplechase on Tuesday.
“He is solely seven and we have labored so exhausting on his leaping this season that we really feel it simply could be a backward step to run him at Aintree,” Cromwell mentioned.
“We’re completely delighted to win a Gold Cup and it could be asking a bit a lot of him to attempt to win a Grand Nationwide as nicely on the age of seven.”
Cromwell mentioned the Punchestown Gold Cup on the finish of April was an “choice”.
“We’ll see how he’s over the following few weeks earlier than making a choice on that,” he added.
Golden Miller, in 1934, is the one horse to win each the Gold Cup and the Grand Nationwide double in the identical season.
