Henry de Bromhead remains keen to head to next month's Savills Chase at Leopardstown with A Plus Tard after so far failing to find an obvious reason for his disappointing return to action at Haydock on Saturday.The Cheveley Park Stud-owned gelding was a brilliant winner of the Betfair Chase 12 months ago and was unsurprisingly a short price to double up on his first start since claiming Gold Cup glory in March.But A Plus Tard failed to travel or jump with his trademark enthusiasm and Rachael Blackmore pulled him up early in the home straight.De Bromhead remains perplexed by the performance – but if nothing comes to light over the coming days he will put a line through it and move on."Nothing (has shown up) as yet.
I just saw him this morning and he trotted out perfect," the County Waterford handler said on Monday."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."His bloods have been checked and his heart.
His bloods were done last Monday and they were perfect, I think the racecourse checked his heart straight after and he scoped and he was perfect."He’s moving perfect.