Rebel Fitz update Dual Galway Festival winner Rebel Fitz is likely to miss this year's meeting after suffering a minor setback. The Mick Winters-trained nine-year-old was a popular winner of the Galway Hurdle in 2012 and completed a hat-trick over fences at Ballybrit last summer. He was last seen clinching Grade One glory in the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse in April and connections had been eyeing a tilt at the Galway Plate, but Winters revealed that plan is likely to be shelved. He said: "He came out of Fairyhouse in great form, but later on we found he had a small injury between his joint and his hoof, a bit like a sprained ankle. "He's had to have a couple of months off and we sent him away. He's been on the treadmill and we'll go down and see him. "We might start riding him on the roads in a fortnight and see how we go, but we'll just have to tread carefully. "We'll get him scanned, but I don't think he'll be going to Galway. We won't take any chances with him."
