Russell back in business on Farmer Brown

ON Sunday, Davy Russell had an afternoon to forget at Killarney, but redressed the balance aboard Farmer Brown in the Laurels’ Bar Hurdle back at the track last night.

Pat Hughes’ improving six-year-old defied top weight with a smooth defeat of Mill House Girl, but the trainer was inclined to dismiss the notion of challenging for what would look the obvious target for his charge, the Galway Hurdle.

“I hate running horses on firm ground over jumps”, exclaimed Hughes. “If they were to extensively water at Galway then we might consider it.