Accordion Hits The Right Note Royal & SunAlliance Chase hope An Accordion followed up his debut win over fences with another impressive display at Fontwell.The David Pipe-trained 4-9 shot gave his supporters few anxious moments as he bounded home by three lengths from The Luder in the WBX.COM World Bet Exchange Novices' Chase.Tony McCoy did the steering and was content to let The Luder bowl along in front, although Sam Thomas had a tough time keeping Nicholls' charge up to his work.The race was as good as over once An Accordion jumped into the lead at the second-last and he won with the minimum of fuss.Spring Brook, the only other finisher in this four-runner affair, was a distance in arrears.William Hill make the winner a 33-1 chance for the Cheltenham Festival contest on March 14.(C) PA Sport
