Talking Horses: A Plus Tard can complete Betfair Chase brace
DREAM TEAM: Rachael Blackmore savours the moment after winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup last March. Another big-race success for the pair seems likely at Haydock on Saturday. Picture: David Davies/PAÂ
The National Hunt season goes up a notch on Saturday as Gold Cup hero A Plus Tard and runaway Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner Constitution Hill make their eagerly-awaited returns to action.
A Plus Tard is back at Haydock where he will be looking to successfully defend the Betfair Chase crown he won in stunning style 12 months ago. A 22-length victory that day established him as the one to beat in the Gold Cup and, while he blotted his copybook with a narrow defeat to Galvin in the Savills Chase at Leopardstown last Christmas, he was in a different league to his rivals at Cheltenham, devouring the hill en route to a 15-length victory.
