Cork jockey Shane Fitzgerald star of the show with spectacular 1436/1 treble at Tipperary

Shane Fitzgerald rode his first treble as a professional jockey at Tipperary. Photo: Healy Racing

Cork claimer Shane Fitzgerald proved the hero on Sunday’s all-chase card in Tipperary, completing a spectacular 1436/1 treble.

The Kanturk man kicked off on board 12/1 shot Avec Espor, a welcome winner for the O’Brien brothers, Val and Shea, in a division of the Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase, the eight-year-old bolting-up by 19 lengths. He followed-up on I’m Not Alone, trained for J P McManus by Conor O’Dwyer, in the second division of the same race, the 16/1 shot proving too strong for Pat Coyne