KOPEK RULED OUT

KOPEK DES BORDES will head straight to Cheltenham for the Singer Capital Markets Arkle Challenge Trophy after being taken out of the Irish version at Leopardstown tomorrow.

- BY DAVID YATES

NOT READY Kopek Des Bodes will miss the Irish Arkle tomorrow

Successful on his fencing debut at Navan in November, the Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old, forced to miss Leopardstown's Christmas fixture by a setback, had been due to clash with Gordon Elliott's Romeo Coolio in the Grade 1 Goffs Irish Arkle Novice Chase.