Paul Nolan admits jockey John Cullen faces a “race against time” to be fit to ride Accordion Etoile at the Cheltenham Festival.

NOEL MEADE’S Mattock Ranger looks a very decent stayer in the making, on the evidence of his comfortable success in the two miles and six Cashel Maiden Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.

MATTOCK RANGER should relish the two miles and six of the Cashel Maiden Hurdle at Thurles this afternoon and gets the nap.