Galway Hurdle on agenda for Game Changer

A return to the Galway Hurdle is on the agenda for The Game Changer, who got Davy Russell back amongst the winners with a pillar-to-post victory in the Wallstone Financial Novice Chase yesterday evening at Limerick.

Only three went to post, and the 8-11 chance was sent to the front at tape-rise. He jumped very well in the main, was never unduly troubled, and had the measure of Upazo when that rival took a tumble at the second-last. That left The Game Changer to coast home clear of his stable companion, Shadow Catcher.

Explained winning trainer Gordon Elliott: “We’re were humming and hawing even this morning about whether to run him, but he won, so it’s great. He’ll definitely go for the Galway Hurdle. Bayan was second and he was third in the race last year, so we’ll go back again.”