Colin Keane has earned his second Irish Champion Jockey title and a century of winners when he booted home Pretty Boy Floyd (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB]) to win a handicap at The Curragh on Monday. The season is officially over in Ireland at Naas next weekend, but Keane's nearest rival, Shane Foley, is still seven winners behind. Foley was also in action on Monday, but both jockeys will not be present at Naas, because they are riding in the upcoming Breeders' Cup at Keeneland on Nov. 6-7. The highlight of Keane's season was a brace of Classics, the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas with Siskin (First Defence) and the G1 Irish Oaks aboard Even So (Ire) (Camelot {GB}).
“That's a great way to finish up,” said Keane, who previously won the Flat championship in 2017. “It was nice to get the 100 up on my last ride. I'm delighted–to win the title once is what you dream of growing up, so to get a second one, when it didn't look likely for such a long time, is great.
“Shane Foley is a good friend of mine and would have been a very deserving winner of it. September was probably the real game-changer, because I rode 26 winners that month. That really helped.”
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