Kim Bailey’s Cheltenham Festival winner Imperial Aura has been retired from racing.

Kim Bailey is to give Imperial Aura the rest of the season off after the nine-year-old broke a blood vessel in the Denman Chase on Saturday.

Two For Gold could bid to extend his unbeaten record over fences in the Sodexo Reynoldstown Novices' Chase at Ascot before a potential trip to the Cheltenham Festival.