Dan Skelton’s Shan Blue has met with a setback which will rule him out for the remainder of this season.

Shan Blue will have to wait another year to win the Bet365 Charlie Hall Chase after Dan Skelton revealed the talented chaser would not be in the entries for the Grade Two chase when they are released on Monday.

One of the most striking displays of last year’s Cheltenham Festival was Allaho’s demolition job in the Ryanair Chase and Willie Mullins is hopeful a repeat performance is in the offing.

Shan Blue is on course for the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival after pleasing Dan Skelton in a racecourse gallop after racing at Warwick on Friday.

Nicky Henderson looks set for another fruitful Saturday afternoon with Fusil Raffles the pick to highlight a high-profile treble in the Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster.