Sports Line given easier option

WILLIE MULLINS has decided to take the easier option with Sports Line and let him line up in the Guinness Greenmount Park Novice Chase at Limerick on St Stephen’s Day.

The six-year-old was talked up as a potential dark horse for the Arkle Trophy at the start of the season and there was certainly plenty to like about his chasing debut success at Navan.

The Grade One Bord na Mona with Nature Novice Chase at Leopardstown this weekend had been under consideration, but Mullins is keen to avoid a clash with the likes of Sizing Europe this early in the season.