Captain back in charge at Tipperary

Veteran Captain Cee Bee turned over odds-on favourite Rebel Fitz in the Grade 3 Friends Of Tipperary Hurdle in Tipperary yesterday.

On a day when crowd and betting figures showed an increase on last year, the Eddie Harty-trained eleven-year-old, patiently handled by Mark Walsh, swept past Mick Winters’ stable star between the last two fights before drawing clear to win by eleven lengths,

Winning trainer Eddie Harty declared: “He’s a very, very good horse and never got the credit he deserves. To do what he did today, as an eleven-year-old, was great. I’m thrilled.”