Cheltenham Festival: Gordon Elliott hatches plan for Brighterdaysahead

Gordon Elliott is toying with a change of approach for Brighterdaysahead ahead of his star mare's bid to make it third time lucky at the Cheltenham Festival in the Unibet Champion Hurdle. Prestbury Park’s showpiece meeting has so far proved to be a cruel mistress for the seven-year-old, beaten at odds-on when favourite for the Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle in 2024 before failing to show her true colours once again when fancied to land a blow in last year’s Champion Hurdle. She earned another crack at hurdling’s top prize when turning the tables on Lossiemouth in the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown earlier this month and her trainer is considering changing tack in an attempt to finally conquer...