Classification conjecture for strongly NIP ordered fields

Let $(K,<)$ be a strongly NIP ordered field. An ordered field is almost real closed if it admits a henselian valuation whose residue field is real closed.

Classification conjecture. Any strongly NIP ordered field $(K,<)$ is almost real closed.

The paper states that this conjecture is equivalent to the ordered-field Shelah–Hasson conjecture. The supplied text does not report a proof or refutation, so its resolution remains open here.