Tiutchev to undergo tests

Connections of Tiutchev are to send the gelding for a full scale overhaul at the Royal Veterinary College in Bristol to find out the extent of the injury he sustained in the King George VI Chase on St Stephen's Day.

Having never travelled well during the race, Tiutchev was found to be lame in a hind leg after being pulled up by Richard Johnson early on the second circuit.