Notus may return for Arkle Notus De La Tour is set for a quick return to Ireland following his decent performance at Leopardstown on St Stephen's Day. David Pipe's five-year-old has made a bright start over fences, winning at Carlisle and Plumpton and finishing third to Walkon at Exeter before he was pitched into Grade 1 company at the south Dublin track. He led for much of the two-mile-one-furlong trip before being passed on the run-in by Willie Mullins' Blackstairmountain. "The ground had clearly dried out quite significantly and he will certainly be better on softer going," the trainer told www.davidpipe.com. "He could return for a crack at the Irish Arkle at the end of next month."
