'Nothing obvious' amiss as Henderson continues Shishkin checks

The eight-year-old was pulled up in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival
'Nothing obvious' amiss as Henderson continues Shishkin checks

Shishkin never travelled with his usual fluency when disappointing at Cheltenham. 

Shishkin is expected to put his Cheltenham disappointment behind him with an outing in the Celebration Chase on the final day of the season at Sandown.

Aside from the very testing ground, Nicky Henderson is still none the wiser as to why his previously unbeaten chaser looked in trouble from an early stage and was pulled up shortly after the eighth fence in last week's Queen Mother Champion Chase.

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