Event: Swordlestown Cup Novice Chase

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Accordion set for retirement

Accordion Etoile is to be retired after failing to recapture his Grade One sparkle in recent seasons.

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Etoile regains sparkle

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Etoile takes Novice Chase

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Maze can lead rivals a merry dance

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King all set for Punchestown

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Six take on King at Punchestown

Taaffe outlines Attrition fears

Tom Taaffe has nominated War Of Attrition as the main danger to Kicking King’s defence of the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Sun, 09 Oct, 2005

Quest serves up 25-1 Stayers' shocker

PUNCHESTOWN may have been packed again yesterday, the attendance was 17,456, but you could literally hear a pin drop as Ferdy Murphy’s Carlys Quest crossed the line a shock 25-1 winner of the Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers’ Hurdle.

Fri, 29 Apr, 2005

Murphy plunders major prize

British runners gave the Irish a taste of their own medicine at Punchestown today as Ferdy Murphy's Carlys Quest sprung a 25-1 shock in the Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers Hurdle.

Thu, 28 Apr, 2005

Solerina can set the record straight

SOLERINA, a failure on the two occasions she has tried three miles, is napped to set the record straight in the Grade One Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers’ Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon.

Thu, 28 Apr, 2005

Cowboy leads home O’Neill one-two

ON a day when the news broke that Tony McCoy is to take over as first jockey to Jonjo O’Neill, the Castletownroche-born trainer celebrated by saddling two Grade One winners at Punchestown with Rhinestone Cowboy and Cherub.

Fri, 30 Apr, 2004

Nicholls eyes Champion Hurdle for Sporazene

Paul Nicholls believes he could have a serious Smurfit Champion Hurdle prospect following Sporazene’s victory in the IAWS Champion Four Year Old Hurdle at Punchestown.

Fri, 02 May, 2003

Le Roi Miguel looks set to pass stiff examination

I AM very reluctant to have anything to do with any contest over fences at Punchestown this week, so stiff are the obstacles, but an exception has to be made with Le Roi Miguel, who is napped to land today’s Swordlestown Cup Novice Chase.

Thu, 01 May, 2003

Focused Nicholls clocks up record seasonal haul

PAUL NICHOLLS is known for being focused, so it was no surprise that after he had recorded a best seasonal haul and a treble at Cheltenham yesterday that he should be contemplating further quests.

Thu, 17 Apr, 2003