Brungle Cry aimed at Grand National Hurdle after winning Galleywood Hurdle Brungle Cry will be aimed at the Grand National Hurdle after winning at the Warrnambool carnival. BRUNGLE Cry is headed to the Grand National Hurdle later this year after notching his first feature jumps race, the famed Galleywood Hurdle (3200m) at Warrnambool. Trainer Robert Smerdon is impressed with the improvement of the five-year-old gelding, who took his record to eight wins and six placings from 22 starts and prizemoney to $322,000. He has stepped up a notch. He is not up with Black And Bent or Some Are Bent who have the score on the board, but he won a maiden hurdle here last year and now he's got the Galleywood so he clearly is on the way up," Smerdon said. (Jockey) Steven Pateman had a huge wrap on him from day one. We'll continue with set weight and penalty features and have a crack at the Grand National," he said. Pateman, who has dominated jumps races at the 'Bool in recent years, took Brungle Cry to the lead approaching the home turn and cleared away to defeat promising young jumper Beer Garden by eight lengths, with a further seven lengths to Yamanaura. Only four of the small field of six completed the course. Zaman fell half way, while Xaar Best dumped jockey Gavin Bedggood at the second last hurdle. Neither horses or jockeys were injured.