Charles Byrnes does bookies a favour!

The Charles Byrnes-trained Arnaud turned over odds-on favourite The Game Changer, also in the colours of Gigginstown House Stud, in the featured Stena Line Horizon Chase in Wexford last night.

Byrnes does the bookies few favours. But Arnaud, the 8/1 outsider of just three runners, ridden by David Mullins seized his opportunity after Bryan Cooper’s mount, the 8/13 favourite which had made the running, made a costly mistake at the final fence, allowing Arnaud to forge ahead and score by two and a half lengths.

“On ratings, he had a chance, but I didn’t think he’d beat the second horse,” admitted Byrnes.