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Philip Hobbs has confirmed there is nothing seriously wrong with his star two-mile chaser despite his November flop

Jump racing needs its limited number of stars to keep turning up, so Tuesday brought some important news when Philip Hobbs announced that nothing seriously wrong has been found with Defi Du Seuil. You’ll recall that the star two-miler was thoroughly disappointing in the Shloer at Cheltenham last month, eventually being pulled up after starting as the 6-5 favourite.

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Defi Du Seuil at the last yesterday pic.twitter.com/ppiKvGutrE

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