Gary Moore would like to take Sire De Grugy to Plumpton for a racecourse gallop before his defence of his Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase crown.

Moore's stable star returned from a lengthy absence in the Game Spirit Chase at Newbury on Saturday, an outing which the trainer labelled a "catalogue of disasters".

He eventually fell after making several jumping errors.

"He came out of it great, Jamie (Moore) did a light canter with him this morning," Moore told At The Races.

"He had an interrupted and rushed preparation to get him there on Saturday. He never got into a rhythm, the start was messed up by the horse that won (Mr Mole) as he didn't want to go. It was a catalogue of disasters really.

"He'll definitely have a gallop and Plumpton will hopefully help me out - they did last year anyway.

"Now he's come out of the race good and sound, I haven't spoken to Plumpton yet but I'm hoping they'll let us."