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Former Champion Hurdle winner Binocular has been retired on health grounds.
It has been discovered that the Nicky Henderson-trained gelding, who won the signature race at Cheltenham in 2010, has a heart problem.
"He has been retired - he had a little heart complaint," said Frank Berry, the racing manager to owner JP McManus.
Binocular also won Kempton's Christmas Hurdle twice.
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