CURRAGH trainer Eddie Harty got his week off to a good start by setting up a double for former champion Davy Russell with an unexpected 20/1 victory through More Than Ever in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle at Tramore.

Peace N’ Milan, subsequently reported not to have handled the ground, headed the betting for this event but could finish no better than ninth behind the 10-length scorer who races in the colours of the Ballybar Partnership, made up of the trainer’s in-laws Frankie and Eric Cole.