Rebel returns at Galway Rebel Fitz makes his eagerly-awaited return in the At The Races Chase at Galway on Sunday and should take plenty of beating if stripping fit enough after almost 10 months off. Considering he has a course record of four wins from five races and was the Galway Hurdle hero in 2012, he is sure to be popular with punters. He was last seen over fences in April 2014 when left in the lead to land the Grade One Powers Gold Cup by a wide margin for Mick Winters. Sizing Solution might prove the answer in the Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Chase. Jim Dreaper's charge has two point-to-points, a handicap hurdle and a handicap chase in his locker. If the rain continues to fall, he will be right at home having won at Down Royal in October on yielding ground. In a tricky contest, chances can be given to many including Coldstonesober, who was third in a handicap hurdle on Wednesday at the Festival after two good wins at Sligo and Tipperary. Dermot Weld's Defining Year reached a mark of 105 on the Flat in his pomp and ought to be a player in the Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle over two miles. He was third of 20 in a course-and-distance handicap hurdle on Monday. St Maxime has been a credit to Gavin Cromwell in rattling off three wins on the spin. She gets on well with Brien Kane and the pair have to be considered in the Galway Shopping Centre Handicap Hurdle. It is worth noting that St Maxime won her maiden hurdle at this venue in 2012. Crystal Pearl's consistency might yield success in the JPK Fencing Handicap over a mile and five. She was runner-up in a two-mile handicap here on Tuesday night and races off the same mark of 66. Tom Madden takes 5lb off and the form figures from her last seven races read 3224212. Weld introduces Almela, a daughter of Sea The Stars, who goes in the Aga Khan colours for the Trappers Inn European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden. The Rosewell House trainer has won five of the last nine runnings of this race. The Festival ends with a fascinating winners' bumper. Aidan O'Brien's Captain Barbossa arrives undefeated but this contest will take plenty of winning as Willie Mullins runs Sligo victor Fugi Mountain. Plenty of unexposed sorts complete the line-up.
