Defi Du Seuil in form and set for February return

Connections of Defi Du Seuil remain in no rush to map out a second-half-of-the-campaign programme for last season’s champion juvenile hurdler.

The Philip Hobbs-trained gelding took all before him last term with seven wins in a row that included three Grade Ones.

However, he flopped on his reappearance when a well-beaten fourth to Lil Rockerfeller in the Coral Hurdle over two miles three and a furlongs in the Coral Hurdle at Ascot in November.