NURBURGRING remained the unchanged 4/1 favourite for the 2025 Tote Galway Plate when warming up for his Ballybrit return with a comfortable enough first win over fences - now on course to become the first horse to complete the Galway Hurdle-Plate double since Ansar more than 20 years ago.

With the exception of a scare two fences from home, it was largely plain sailing for Bronsan Racing’s ultra-versatile campaigner, as 8/13 favourite, in the two-mile-one-furlong Lee Strand Novice Chase.