O'Dwyer ready to take Hurdle running on Hardy

Conor O’Dwyer has revealed he would be prepared to repeat last year’s successful tactics of making all the running on Hardy Eustace in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle.

Last March, wearing blinkers for the first time, the Dessie Hughes-trained gelding was never headed as he took the Cheltenham showpiece by five lengths from Rooster Booster.