article_snippet: Defending champion Sire De Grugy was under the pump a long way from home, while Sprinter Sacre, so brilliant in a tremendous race two years ago, did not jump well and appeared a shadow of his former self after stopping quickly from the home turn and being pulled up.
article_snippet: I couldn't see why the other two (Sprinter Sacre and Sire De Grugy) were ahead of Nicholls in the market. '
highlights_snippet: Sprinter Sacre and Sire De Grugy were fancied for the feature race .
  
highlights_snippet: Sprinter Sacre, ridden by Barry Geraghty, was pulled up .
  