Copper expects improvement from Plasterer Forpadydeplasterer´s trainer Tom Cooper is looking forward to another crack at Whatuthink at Leopardstown on Sunday. The pair clashed at the same track over Christmas in the Future Champions Novice Hurdle over two miles and they step up two additional furlongs in the Grade One Deloitte Novice Hurdle. Oliver McKiernan´s more experienced Whatuthink came out on top that day, with Forpadydeplasterer second and another Deloitte entry Cork All Star third. "All´s well for the weekend and I would say you´ll see a lot of improvement in my horse," said Cooper. "Whatuthink would probably want to be running over further, but we definitely want a bit further. We only have to pull back a beating of a length and a half, so fingers crossed." Cooper has entered his charge in all three novice events at Cheltenham but added: "The Ballymore race would be the most likely at this stage." The roll of honour for the Grade One Deloitte is as glittering as they come, with Istabraq, Brave Inca, Like-A-Butterfly and Solerina all past winners. The much-touted Captain Cee Bee, Tranquil Sea and Sophocles are also in the line-up.
