Newbury the plan for Sire De Grugy Sire De Grugy is on course to return to action at Newbury next month ahead of his bid to retain his Queen Mother Champion Chase crown. Gary Moore has been steadily stepping up work for his stable star, whose seasonal reappearance has been delayed by a hip injury. Sire De Grugy cantered for the first time just before Christmas after recovering from his setback and is now up to half-speed exercise. Moore is keen to get a prep run into his top-class performer, who was last seen in public when winning the Celebration Chase at Sandown in April. "The plan is to go for the Game Spirit all being well," said the West Sussex trainer. "Everything has gone well so far and he's doing half-speeds at the moment."
