Captain Conflict ready to deliver

CAPTAIN CONFLICT, a horse who has shown more than a hint of temperament on a couple of occasions, can get off the mark over fences in the Comeragh Beginners Chase at Clonmel this afternoon.

Willie Mullins’ charge threw away a good opportunity at Navan last month, a contest for which he went off an odds-on favourite.

Victory went to 33-1 no-hoper Benalma, who made just about all the running. Captain Conflict came to take him at the final fence butjumped to his right and could never quite reel in Benalma on the flat, going down by a neck.