Game Changer seeks Buck House hat-trick The Game Changer bids to complete a quick-fire hat-trick in the Buck House Novice Chase at Punchestown on Thursday. A good winner of the Kilbegnet Novice Chase at Roscommon at the end of September, it did not take Gordon Elliott's six-year-old long to follow up as just six days later he claimed the notable scalp of Rule The World in Tipperary's Like A Butterfly Novice Chase. He faces just four opponents when he aims to claim a third Grade Three prize in County Kildare tomorrow, including stable companion Miss Dinamic and Henry de Bromhead's Roscommon runner-up Sizing Platinum. The Colin Bowe-trained Shantou Flyer turns out just over a fortnight after winning at Sligo and having done most of his racing over longer distances, he looks likely to be ridden prominently. "He's in good form and he likes the ground," said the trainer. "The trip is probably a little bit on the short side for him, but they're big fences round there and it's a galloping track. "We'll make plenty of use of him and see how we go." Michael Mulvany's Rightdownthemiddle completes the line-up.
