The trainer is Martin Brassil, operating out of Dunmurray in County Kildare, and the yard has already sent out 10 winners so far this season — a respectable return that suggests things are ticking along nicely. Brassil is not a trainer who throws horses into races unprepared, so the fact that Strange Game has been brought along to a debut at four rather than three is worth noting. Patience with a young horse is often a sign that the team believes there is something worth developing carefully.
With no previous races to look back on, there is genuinely nothing to predict here beyond the breeding and the stable's current form. First-time-out runners are always something of an unknown quantity, but Strange Game comes from a yard in good shape and carries genetics that should come into their own over time. Worth watching, and quite possibly worth following once the debut is out of the way.