A Plus Tard - Horse Profile & Next Race Odds

Henry de Bromhead (12 October 2021): "He has summered really well and is in great form. We were thrilled with the way he progressed last season and proved his stamina for staying trips. We are aiming him at the Betfair Chase at Haydock in November to get him started and the Savills Chase at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting might well be his next destination after that. He has a big preference for going left-handed and I don’t think we’ll be running him right-handed again."

Henry de Bromhead (09 March 2021): "We were delighted with him in the Savills Chase and that class of form entitles him to take his chance in the Gold Cup. We thought he had a hard enough race there, so we decided to freshen him up and go straight to Cheltenham from there. He’s in great form and is training very well."

Henry de Bromhead (09 October 2020): "He summered really well and is in great shape. We’ll be looking to start him back in the next four to six weeks. Our preference will always be to go left-handed with him, as that seems to suit him a lot better. There is every chance that he could go down a similar path to what he did last season, but we are keeping an open mind and wouldn’t be against trying something different with him in the right circumstances. He showed his versatility last season and proved that he can show top-class form at around two miles, but there is a thought in the back of my mind that he could be one to try at three miles at some stage. I’ll be having a good chat with his owners about him in the coming weeks and that might well clear the waters, but I’d have an open mind with him at the minute. Whatever route he goes down, it will be great to see him back at the races."

Henry De Bromhead (28 February 2020): "He seems really well and is on course for Cheltenham. I’d say he’s 95% likely to go for the Ryanair Chase, but if the ground came up bottomless, we’d have to have a think about the Champion Chase. We were delighted with what he did at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting. We didn’t really consider it an ideal option going into it, but we wanted to keep him to left-handed tracks, so the programme book forced our hand into running there. Thankfully it worked out brilliantly in the end. It was a pity he didn’t get to run at the Dublin Racing Festival, but a combination of the trip and better ground had us worried that he might get run off his feet. I don’t think missing that race has affected his Cheltenham preparation and we can’t wait to get him there."

Henry de Bromhead (10 October 2019): "He seems in great form and I’m very happy with him. I have to say, I was disappointed with his run at the Punchestown Festival. There might be nothing in it, but the more I look at his form and consider everything around his runs, I’m starting to think that he might be a better horse going left-handed. Everything he did going left-handed last season was excellent, whereas he ran below expectations every time he raced right-handed. With that in mind, we’d like to start him off at a left-handed track, but all the obvious domestic options for him are at right-handed tracks like Down Royal, Clonmel and Punchestown. We’ll look to get him to the races in the next month or so and two options we are considering are the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham or the Poplar Square Chase at Naas."

Henry de Bromhead (01 March 2019): "He seems in really good form. He has been given a rating of 144 in England, so he’ll run in the Close Brothers Novices’ Handicap Chase. I came away a small bit disappointed when he was beaten at Punchestown in receipt of all the allowances last time, but looking back on it, he just seemed to get done for pace around a tight track. I liked how strongly he hit the line and you’d think the stiffer test at Cheltenham would suit him."