“Why Mullins runs him here (well supported too) but doesn’t put him in the Gold Cup is beyond me too.”
Mullins said on RTV that McManus and Berry took the decision to not enter Fact To File in the Gold Cup. Which indicates they think he won’t stay.
However, after that performance and another poor run from last year’s Gold Cup winner, it is difficult to think they won’t supplement Fact To File. They don’t really have anything else for the Gold Cup, with Spillanes Tower not looking good enough.
It looks like Majborough for the Champion Chase, Jonbon for the Ryanair (as said by Henderson after the Clarence House) and Fact To File for the Gold Cup, with the supplementary fee mere small change for McManus.