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)
