Vercingetorix on Triumph trail for Elliott

Gordon Elliott is keen to see if he has a Triumph Hurdle horse on his hands in the shape of Vercingetorix who lines up in Sunday’s Gala Retail Spring Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Formerly with Andre Fabre on the Flat, he is one of four top-class four-year-olds owned by Simon Munir and Isaac Souede as they are lucky enough to have Triumph Hurdle favourite Peace and Co and Top Notch with Nicky Henderson and Grade One winner Bristol De Mai with Nigel Twiston-Davies.

He will face a different standard of opponent to those he dismissed at Limerick over Christmas but he certainly looked worth a big step up in grade.