Etoile regains sparkle

Accordion Etoile got his career back on track and gave Paul Nolan his first Grade One success in the Swordlestown Cup Novice Chase at the Punchestown Festival.

The long-time ante-post favourite for the Arkle Trophy fluffed his lines at Cheltenham when crashing out at the eighth fence before a mistake at Aintree knocked him out of contention in the Maghull Novices’ Chase.