Grugy suffering from hip problem Gary Moore reports Sire De Grugy to be suffering from a hip problem following a bone scan of the two-mile star on Wednesday. The eight-year-old carried all before him last term, notching up four Grade One victories including the Tingle Creek and Queen Mother Champion Chases. He had been due to return to action at Cheltenham last Sunday but was found to be lame behind following a routine piece of work just days before the Shloer Chase, prompting fears of a pelvic injury or a fracture. However, Moore has confirmed Sire De Grugy to be suffering a hip issue which will keep him on the sidelines for at least the remainder of 2014, ruling out a defence of his Tingle Creek crown. The trainer said: "He's not fractured his pelvis or suffered a stress fracture or anything, but he does have a hot area in his hip. "He's done some damage to his hip and I don't know if that's good or bad really. "What happens now is that he spends the next month on the walker and then he will be rescanned. "It's not the worst case scenario, but it's hard to tell the extent of the damage and we've never had anything like this happen before. "He definitely won't be running in the Tingle Creek though and he won't run again this year."
