Rebel team bask in 'unbelievable' success

Connections of Cockney Rebel are “just coming down to earth” after the colt became the first since Rock Of Gibraltar in 2002 to land the Irish 2000 Guineas on the back of the English equivalent.

Geoff Huffer’s charge supplemented a breathtaking success at Newmarket three weeks ago with a gutsy display in the Boylesports-sponsored version at the Curragh on Saturday.