Captain puts it together to justify favouritism

Favourite Captain Power justified his market position in the Dublin's Q102 Handicap under Robbie Downey at Fairyhouse. Palavicini Run was well-fancied and the 7/2 shot gave 9/4 'jolly' Captain Power most to do. However the latter came out of top by three parts of a length.

"It's good to get. Punters are sharper than me as I thought he was bad value at 5/2 favourite," said winning trainer Eddie Lynam.

"He's been a bit of a bookmakers friend the last few times. I suppose he's a bookmakers friend today as he (the Powers) owns him!

"Robbie gave him a very good ride. He's not simple and we took the hood off today. He's always been a highly strung individual and wore the hood for a reason.

"We took it off him because he was nearly doing the job too well. When you were pressing button A you were getting button B.

"He battled it out well today and seems to like going around a bend. He's won twice here and twice at Leopardstown.

"It panned out well and we'll try and find another handicap for him. He wins one or two a year. Last year he won two and they took one off me.

"We'll try and win two again this year. People tell me he'll get seven but I'm not so sure."

(GC & EM)