Bingo- Central House

All the ones for this rejuvenated charater who has not put a foot wrong since the application of blinkers. Central House set himself up for the Cheltenham Festival when running out an embarrassingly easy winner of the Paddy & Helen Cox Memorial Newlands Chase at Naas on Sunday afternoon.Paul Carberry oozed confidence aboard the 4-7 favourite, who made all to come home a comfortable seven-length winner of the Grade Two contest.Only four went to post to try to capture the €42,315 first prize, with Native Upmanship confirming he is not the force of old by finishing second ahead of Scarthy Lad, while Grand National hope Macs Gildoran came home a distant fourth.Central House found only the smart Rathgar Beau too strong last time out, having won his previous two starts, but his trainer Dessie Hughes is unsure about future targets."He's entered in the Mildmay Of Flete and the Champion Chase, so is a possibility for those two," he said.Coral reacted by cutting the eight-year-old to 25-1 from 33s for the Champion Chase and gave him a quote of 8-1 for the Mildmay, while Cashmans introduced him at 14-1 for the same race."I will probably stick to two miles as he is doing it well, which rules out the Daily Telegraph Chase, and while he will probably go to Cheltenham, there is a good prize at Fairyhouse I will also consider," added Hughes."He is improving and Paul rides him well."Native Upmanship, now a 12-year-old, finished behind Central House for the third time this season, and trainer Arthur Moore said: "We'll either go for the Daily Telegraph or the Mildmay Of Flete, depending on how the weights look."

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