Paul Nicholls' Ditcheat Diary: Happy Retirement Clan Des Obeaux

• Paul Nicholls announces retirement for Clan Des Obeaux

• Watch to the end to find out the best bet of the day

• Ditcheat Decs will come each day at Aintree this week

Talking on his weekly 'Ditcheat Diary' with Betfair, Paul Nicholls commented: ''We are announcing that we are retiring Clan Des Obeaux.

He's got a minor injury which just keeps niggling him, it's not going to come right and even if we give him another six months off we'll be in the same situation this time next year.

So, having a chat with Paul Barber, Jed Mason and Alex Ferguson, between us we decided that he's been such a wonderful horse, you know he's won two King Georges, two Aintree bowls, the Punchestown Gold Cup. He's been an amazing horse.

He's had a fantastic career, I think he's won over £1m in prize money. He's going to have a happy retirement.

He'll have a little bit of time off, probably needs six months out in the field, and we'll find another job for him."

11 wins from 31 starts

When asked by Betfair's Barry Orr what the highlight would be from his career, Paul said "I think winning at Punchestown the season before last, that was a good day, to go and beat the Irish on their home ground was good.

He was top of his game and that was fantastic."

"The right thing to do is find another career for him. He's got a whole other lifetime in front of him to go and do something else.

We'll find the right home for him."

Looking ahead to Aintree

Barry Orr also announced there will be a Ditcheat Decs each day at Aintree this week, on Thursday Friday and Saturday.

When asked if he could pick one horse this week ahead of Aintree to boost the banks of the punters ahead of the Grand National, Paul said:

"Just because we've been talking about Clan Des Obeaux, Issac Des Obeaux runs at Chepstow in the second last race at Chepstow".

"He'll run well."

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