Burke draws plaudits as he eases Game Changer home

"You wouldn’t have given him a better ride than that yourself," quipped course commentator Dessie Scahill to Charlie Swan in the winner’s enclosure, after Jonathan Burke had partnered the trainer’s The Game Change to land the featured Download The Free Racing Post Mobile App Handicap Hurdle at Killarney last night.

It was a comment with which few would disagree and was fair praise, considering that Swan was one of the best National Hunt riders this country has ever produced.

Burke took his time on the Galway Hurdle third, but arrived with every chance early in the straight.