NOEL MEADE will “go for gold” with Affordale Fury after identifying a reason for his disappointing display in the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown earlier this month.

The eight-year-old has been in rude health this term and after beating I Am Maximus and Galopin Des Champs when claiming the Christmas Chase, he was a springer in the Cheltenham Gold Cup markets ahead of the key trials.

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