Captain makes an encouraging return

GLENFINN CAPTAIN, who failed to win last season, struck gold at the first time of asking for this campaign when storming away with the Wilderness Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

Ruby Walsh made a lot of the running on French-import Polmar, but Barry Geraghty had him covered a fair way out on Tom Taaffe’s nine-year-old.

Glenfinn Captain landed in front over the penultimate obstacle and then surged clear to beat Justpourit by 13 lengths, with Polmar fading in third.