Hardline "keeps doing it"

After bringing up the 100 at Fairyhouse yesterday, clear championship leader Davy Russell supplemented those gains on Hardline in the Grade 2 Paddy Power Onside App Novice Hurdle at Naas.

This was a commendable effort on the part of the Arcadio gelding as he conceded weight to all seven rivals. Impact Factor wouldn't go down without a fight, but the hooded Hardline edged out the front-runner by half a length. Speak Easy stayed on for third, two and three parts of a length back.

Gordon Elliott trains Hardline, and he was also responsible for Cartwright (4th) and Defi Bleu (last).

"He's grand and consistent. He keeps doing it and he's a bit like Mitchouka yesterday," said Elliott on the Gigginstown House Stud-owned victor.

"He battled better than I thought he would. He was giving everything weight so that was a nice performance.

"We'll look for something in Fairyhouse. I'd say we'll keep him at home."

(GC & EM)