Backstage earned a possible tilt at the Galway Plate with his victory in the £20,000 (€23,000) Newwave Recruitment Perth Gold Cup Handicap Chase for trainer Gordon Elliott.

Gordon Elliott is making a habit of plundering decent prizes on British shores and Backstage provided him with another in the Newwave Recruitment Perth Gold Cup Handicap Chase - emerging as a Galway Plate contender in the process.