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Plasterer finished for season

Forpadydeplasterer has run his last race of the season and will embark upon a novice chase campaign next year.

Tom Cooper´s six-year-old finished fourth behind Fiveforthree in the Ballymore Properties Novices´ Hurdle on Friday.

Cooper now has high hopes his Grade One winner will turn into a smart novice chaser next term.

"He´s run his race but the ground was a bit dead and he missed a couple of hurdles as well, which didn´t help," said Cooper.

"In races as competitive as that you can´t afford to do that.

"He just had to use up a bit too much to get to the leaders and when he got there, he just stayed on.

"If he didn´t have to use up too much petrol beforehand it may have been a different result.

"That will be him for the season now, I´d imagine, and he´ll go novice chasing next year - which is something to look forward to."