Cooper outlines plans for stable stars Tom Cooper intends unleashing the useful pair Forpadydeplaster and River Liane in the next few weeks, although the prospect of very testing conditions could delay the chasing debut of the former. The six-year-old holds an entry in Sunday's Grade Three Hartmann Jewellers Ballybrit Novice Chase at Galway but the Tralee trainer is not keen on tackling heavy ground. Forpadydeplasterer won the Grade One Deloitte Novice Hurdle last year before running a promising fourth behind Fiveforthree in the Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. 'I'd say it's only 50-50 that he runs. He wants soft ground but he wouldn't want the ground too heavy, especially for his first run of the season.' 'He has another option at Punchestown next Wednesday but it's pretty desperate ground at the moment. I want it soft but I don't want to take the heart out of him.' 'I wouldn't be worried about him starting off over two miles, he did that over hurdles last year as he's got plenty of toe. He looks made for chasing and he has schooled very well at home,' said Cooper. Forpadydeplasterer is a 20-1 chance for both the Arkle and the Royal & SunAlliance Chases at next year's Festival. River Liane, sent off the 11-4 second-favourite for the Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, is nearing a return to the track. The four-year-old was a massive gamble at the Festival after scooting up at Leopardstown only nine days before his appearance at Prestbury Park. Unfortunately, after travelling kindly for Davy Russell, the French import dropped away in the straight and it later transpired he had broken a blood vessel. 'He'll probably run in about three weeks time at Naas in a four-year-old Listed Hurdle (November 8). He bled in the Fred Winter which was why he dropped out so tamely and when he came home he was very sick.' 'I've got nothing in mind for him later in the season though, we'll just get that out of the way first,' added Cooper.
