Defi Du Seuil seeking Silviniaco Conti renaissance after Ascot 1965 Chase disappointment | Racing News

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Defi Du Seuil will make anoth­er attempt to get back on track in the Coral Sil­vini­a­co Con­ti Chase at Kemp­ton on Saturday.

The JP McManus-owned geld­ing has flopped in all his four races since win­ning the Grade One Clarence House Chase at Ascot in Jan­u­ary 2020.

His lat­est dis­ap­point­ing run came came in the Chanelle Phar­ma 1965 Chase back at Ascot, where he trailed home 35 lengths behind impres­sive win­ner Lostin­trans­la­tion when sent off the 3–1 favourite.

That was his first run since a wind oper­a­tion and 301 days off the track, but he had been pleas­ing train­er Philip Hobbs.

“The plan is to go to Kemp­ton. (We’re) not sure if he bad­ly need­ed his run at Ascot. Philip thought he was in good order,” said McManus’ rac­ing man­ag­er Frank Berry.

“We’ll see how he gets on on Sat­ur­day and see where we go after that. He needs to get to some­where near where he was.

“Philip seems hap­py with him, but he was quite hap­py before he went the last day. Whether he got tired on his first run back or what, we’ll know more after Saturday.”



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