A Plus Tard: everything you need to know about this racehorse

A Plus Tard Cheltenham , United Kingdom - 12 March 2019; A Plus Tard, with Rachael Blackmore up, jumps the last on their way to winning the Close Brothers Novices' Handicap Chase on Day One of the Cheltenham Racing Festival at Prestbury Park in Cheltenham, England. (Photo By David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images) — Cheltenham , United Kingdom - 12 March 2019; A Plus Tard, with Rachael Blackmore up, jumps the last on their way to winning the Close Brothers Novices' Handicap Chase on Day One of the Cheltenham Racing Festival at Prestbury Park in Cheltenham, England. (Photo By David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

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A Plus Tard is one of the top chasers in National Hunt (jump) racing at the moment. Here, we find out a little bit more about him ahead of the Cheltenham Festival (15–18 March 2022).

1. A Plus Tard is an eight-year-old gelding (born on 6 February 2014).

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A Plus Tard: everything you need to know about this key Cheltenham Festival contender

2. He is owned by Cheveley Park Stud.

3. He was bred by Madame Henri Devin in France.

4. A Plus Tard is by Kapgarde and is out of Turboka, who is by Kahyasi.

5. He has a full brother, Kap Ateuil, who is one year younger than A Plus Tard and is trained in Britain by Toby Lawes. So far, Kap Ateuil has won five of his 16 races under Rules.

7. So far, A Plus Tard has won seven of his 18 career starts.

8. He has amassed over £570,000 in prize money to-date.

9. His name means “see you later” in French.

10. A Plus Tard’s racing career first got underway in France, when he was trained by Dominique Bressou during the 2017/18 season. A Plus Tard won two of his five starts in France and was never placed outside the top three.

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