Yellow Car set for spell on the sidelines due to setback

Harry Redknapp’s Albert Bartlett fourth Yellow Car will not get the chance to build on his fine effort at the Cheltenham Festival having met with a setback which will keep him out of action for the foreseeable future.

Making his first appearance in the colours of the former Premier League manager, the David Killahena and Graeme McPherson-trained seven-year-old confirmed the promise of his River Don win at Doncaster to outrun odds of 33-1, missing out on a place on the podium by a head.

It was the second time in successive years that a Redknapp runner has performed with credit in this particular race at Prestbury Park after Ben Pauling’s The Jukebox Man was agonisingly denied by Stellar Story 12 months ago.

And like The Jukebox Man, Yellow Car now faces time on the sidelines after meeting a setback in the process of his brave run in a race won by Willie Mullins’ Jasmin De Vaux.

“We were delighted with the run and we were confident going there that all his work at home had been good, even though he doesn’t show an awful lot,” said Killahena.

“We were really pleased and it was Harry Redknapp’s first runner for us, so it was even better to get him into the winner’s enclosure at Cheltenham.

“There’s a bright future ahead but it might be a bit slow for a while, as he suffered a nasty overreach which is going to set him back a while.

“He’s in Three Counties veterinary at the minute and they are doing a great job and fingers crossed we will be out of the woods soon and can go from there, but unfortunately it will set him back a bit.”

Killahena added: “He’s an unbelievable horse for us and didn’t cost a whole pile – hopefully we get him back soon and he can go on to continue to do well.”