Starting life over in France, A Plus Tard went chasing immediately after having joined Henry De Bromhead.
A great first season over fences saw him beat Arkle winner Duc Des Genievres before winning the Listed handicap chase at the festival in 2019.
Experimenting in trip saw him come 3rd over 3 miles before beating Chacun Pour Soi over 2 miles. He’s since found his niche in staying chases.
Coming from the clouds to win the 2020 Savilles chase, he got there in the nick of time to deny Kemboy.
This teed him up for a brilliant 2nd in this race last year, just being outstayed by stablemate Minella Indo. This season has been much the same.
Winning the Betfair Chase by a mammoth 22 lengths, he was then just collared late by a late challenge from Galvin at Leopardstown over Christmas.
He looks to go one better than last year’s 2nd.