Mick Winters hopes Grade One-winning chaser Rebel Fitz has retained all of his old verve when he returns to action at Listowel today.

Michael Winters has busy summer plans for his two stable stars Missunited and Rebel Fitz, with both Royal Ascot and the Galway Festival on the agenda.

Rebel Fitz is set for a busy summer after capitalising on Ballycasey’s fall to lift the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse.

The once-raced Tango Time can land the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Cork this afternoon.

Mick Winters has his fingers crossed for good weather ahead of Rebel Fitz’s challenge for the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse on April 20.

Rebel Fitz, having a first outing for 160 days, produced a smashing display to land the www.racinghomeforeaster.com Hurdle at the students’ meeting at Cork yesterday.

I rode work at Willie Mullins’ on Thursday morning and it certainly brought home to me what a wealth of talent he will unleash in the coming weeks and months.

It wouldn’t be an great exaggeration to say that Tipperary last Sunday was a bit like racing used to be in this country!

The 12-year-old Captain Cee Bee was far too good for his younger rivals in the Grade 2 Friends’ Of Tipperary Hurdle at Tipperary yesterday.

Missunited could be set for a winter break after running another fantastic race in defeat at the Curragh on Sunday, with trainer Mick Winters looking forward to a possible clash with Quevega at Cheltenham in March.

After four days of wind, rain, winners and losers, weary punters were running on fumes after the madness of Ladies’ Day — Galway style.

Punters are in for a rare mid-summer treat at Killarney tonight with Beachdale Lad and Rebel Fitz set to take each other on in the Christy McSweeney Memorial Novice Chase.

Plans remain fluid for vanquished Epsom Derby favourite Dawn Approach.

Last year’s Galway Hurdle winner, Rebel Fitz, opened his account over fences, at the second attempt, when coasting to victory in the Irish Stallion Farms Beginners Chase in Ballinrobe last night.

Disappointing on his recent chasing debut in Killarney, Rebel Fitz should make amends in the Irish Stallion Farms Beginners Chase in Ballinrobe this evening.

Michael Winters’ Galway Hurdle hero, Rebel Fitz, is set to make his eagerly awaited debut over fences in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Beginners Chase at Killarney tonight.

If there is a likely star of the future on show at Punchestown this afternoon then it is surely Dedigout in the Buy Punchestown Tickets On Facebook Beginners Chase.

Trainer Tom Hogan will weigh up the options for Gordon Lord Byron after his thrilling victory in the Prix de la Foret at Longchamp on Sunday.

My first week back writing a regular column and it is a little disappointing that the rides I have aren’t a bit more attractive.

Looking at the reception afforded Rebel Fitz at Cork last Sunday made you almost yearn for the National Hunt season proper to kick into gear.

Michael Winters, who has enjoyed a dream summer with high-class hurdler Rebel Fitz, can provide us with a winning nap in the shape of Missunited in the Tote Jackpot Races 3 to 6 Maiden at Ballinrobe this evening.

Galway Hurdle hero Rebel Fitz returned to a tremendous reception, after coasting to victory in the J P McManus Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Trainer Michael Winters is considering a trip to Cork later this month for Galway Hurdle hero Rebel Fitz.

It was agony and ecstasy at Ballybrit yesterday as one Aussie took home €12,000 as Best Dressed Lady — and I missed out on €1,000 by a matter of inches.

THE talented and versatile Rebel Fitz cruised to victory in the Clonmel Hospice Support Group Maiden at Clonmel last night.

Rebel Fitz can make a winning debut on the flat in the Clonmel Hospice Support Group Maiden at the Tipperary track this evening.

YOU would have to love what Mount Benbulben did in a Grade 2 novice hurdle at Navan last Sunday.

I HAVE had some very enjoyable trips to England with my horses over the years and Sandown has been especially kind, with Moscow Flyer doing the business in the Tingle Creek Chase two years in a row.

I WAS happy with Oscars Well in the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown last Sunday.

I PROBABLY love flat racing more than most, but you have got to say it is terrific to see the National Hunt game now getting into full swing.

THE Irish look dominant in the first at Cheltenham today.

THE Michael Winters-trained Rebel Fitz, a costly failure at Galway previously, showed his true colours with a smooth success in the Novice Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

BUY BACK BOB can send punters home from the Listowel festival this afternoon on the perfect note by landing the M J Carroll ARRO Maiden Hurdle.

BETFAIR has long played a major part in Irish racing and there is little doubt is often a useful tool when it comes to winner finding.

REBEL FITZ, beaten into second in controversial circumstances at Listowel in June, made no mistake in the corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

RYAN MOORE didn’t half toss the toys out of the pram in the wake of Carlton House only managing third in last Saturday’s Epsom Derby.

THE locally trained Spill The Beans gets the nap in the www.tramore-racecourse.com Maiden Hurdle at the Waterford track today.