Henry de Bromhead baffled by A Plus Tard's Haydock no-show
DREAM TEAM: Trainer Henry de Bromhead talks with jockey Rachael Blackmore on the gallops at Cheltenham at last year's Festival. Picture: Getty Images
Henry de Bromhead remains baffled at the lacklustre performance of A Plus Tard in Saturday’s Betfair Chase at Haydock. The Cheltenham Gold Cup winner was an odds-on favourite to complete back-to-back wins in the Grade One contest, but it never looked likely and his rider, Rachael Blackmore, eventually called time on her mount’s effort as they faced up to the third-last fence.
“I just saw him this morning and he trotted out perfectly,” De Bromhead reported on Monday morning from his Knockeen Stables. “We just don’t know at the moment. Our vet was doing a lot of things with him this morning and I haven’t spoken to him since.
