Cheltenham Gold Cup legend A Plus Tard delegated driving leaps horse

Gold Cup champ A Plus Tard has been delegated the main Jumps horse in Britain and Ireland, as per the current year’s Anglo-Irish Jumps Classifications.

The Henry De Bromhead-prepared eight-year-old procured a sign of 180 with an overwhelming presentation in the Cheltenham show-stopper under Rachael Blackmore, raising the stakes than he oversaw in the 2021 recharging.

Individual Cheveley Park Stud horse Allaho – an earnest victor of the Ryanair Chase and Punchestown Gold Cup – was given a characteristic of 177, 3lb lower than the Gold Cup champ.

Another Willie Mullins-prepared sprinter, Energumene, was given a characteristic of 176 close by Nicky Henderson’s Shishkin, after the two exchanged blows the Clarence House Chase at Ascot and again in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham.

Martin Greenwood, BHA Steeplechase Handicap Team Leader, expressed: “While there was a lot to appreciate during the 2021/22 Jumps season, A Plus Tard stands apart as obviously the best we saw this term.

“With the Irish predominance proceeding, just Shishkin and the evergreen Clan Des Obeaux kept the British banner flying at the top finish of the arrangement and are the main two to be evaluated during the 170s.

“The previous blotched his copybook at Cheltenham after an apparently milestone Ascot win, while the last option succeeded at Aintree for the subsequent year running and circled back to a decent second at Punchestown.