David Nicholson column: Blood counts not right; Several absentees today, but I'm taking no chances with the Festival so close.(Sports)

The Racing Post (London, England) | February 27, 1999| | Copyright

WE'VE pulled out several of our main runners today as their blood isn't quite right, but it's nothing to worry about. One or two have run disappointingly lately, but the good news is that we can see why, and it shouldn't upset any plans for Cheltenham. It's a different situation to last March, when we were hardly having a winner but couldn't find anything wrong.

King Lucifer, Go Ballistic and Zafarabad are all non- runners today, but I think they are already getting over whatever was on them-it's just that you can't take chances with Cheltenham and Aintree round the ...

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