Mullins in no rush to make plans with Douvan Douvan is back in light training but trainer Willie Mullins believes it is too early to say whether the star two-mile chaser will run this season. The Rich Ricci-owned eight-year-old has not been seen since he sustained a pelvic injury when suffering a shock defeat in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham last March. He had been set to reappear in the Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown in December but was not declared, with Mullins reporting he had not been totally happy with him in the days before the race. He subsequently ruled him out for the entire campaign, but Mullins said: "He's back cantering and we are doing that for a few weeks to see how he progresses. We will take things slowly. "I don't know and I don't want to say what the chances are of him running this season. "There was an injury there and whether that was an old injury or not he hurt himself for a few days. "What surprised us all was his recovery, how quick it was, and then our veterinary team started looking at him from another angle and were thinking that there was a little chance (of him running again this season)."
