Fitz serves up fine display of front-running

THE talented Michael Winters trained Rebel Fitz lit up Cork yesterday with a fine display of front-running to land the INH Stallion Owners’ EBF Novice Hurdle.

Partnered with supreme confidence by in-form Davy Russell, the progressive six-year-old bounded across literally every flight and had no trouble storming clear of a pair of useful sorts in Absolutelyfantastic and Black Benny.

Rebel Fitz has been hindered in the past by a tendency to get very much on his toes before a race, but seemed far more relaxed here.