Pady heads back to Cheltenham

Forpadydeplasterer heads to Cheltenham for the £50,000 Sinbad Testimonial 2010/2011 Chase on Sunday.

The Tom Cooper-trained top-class chaser makes his seasonal return in the two-mile contest, having finished runner-up in each of his five starts last season, including when six lengths behind Big Zeb in the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase over the course and distance.

Cooper said: "Forpadydeplasterer is going to Cheltenham on Sunday. He had a good summer off, all has gone well with him since he came back and I am very happy with him.

"This is a nice race to start him off in. He goes there without a penalty and he has always run well at Cheltenham. Good to soft ground will be fine for him.

"The plan this year is to step him up to three miles, so after this we will go to Kempton with him for the King George at Christmas."

The lucrative contest could also feature the Paul Nicholls-trained dual (2008 & 2009) Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase victor Master Minded, who was third to Well Chief in last season's Sinbad Testimonial 2010/2011 Chase and must concede 10lb to Forpadydeplasterer.

Nicholls could also saddle Tataniano, who proved himself a top-class novice with a Grade Two victory in The Independent Newspaper Novices' Chase over the course and distance at The Open last year, before going on to clinch a Grade One triumph at Aintree in April.

Also among the 14 entries are Nicky Henderson's high-class charge Petit Robin and the smart performers Consigliere, Chaninbar, Mahogany Blaze, Oiseau De Nuit, Oh Crick, I'msingingtheblues and Moon Over Miami.

Nick Williams could run Gauvain, who was last seen in public winning an extended two-mile novice chase by six lengths from Chapoturgeon at Cheltenham in April, 2009, for his former trainer Charlie Mann.