Dan Skelton has ruled Kabral Du Mathan and Madara out of Saturday’s action at Cheltenham, saying the ground at the November Meeting is too quick for them. The trainer told Sporting Life that four of his Saturday runners will now be non-runners, including a horse in the bumper and one named Top Guy. The ground was described as good, good to soft in places going into Friday’s opening day. With frost forecast overnight the track was due to be covered, with no rain expected, and