Check Your Pockets (nearest)© Photo Healy Racing
Colin Keane left his employer Ger Lyons somewhat short-changed following his win on the John Kiely trained Check Your Pockets in the Joe Wall's 70th Birthday Nurserytoday, who was scoring at the expense of the Lyons trained runner-up Mojambo in a tight finish.
Both men combined for a memorable 2017 flat season but in today's race were in opposite camps, with Keane unable to ride at reserve Mojambo's 8st7lbs, and in the end picked Check Your Pockets, who scored a neck win.
Winning trainer John Kiely wasn't present but afterwards Keane said “I rode her the first day in Tipperary and I was mad about her.
“Niall (McCullagh) said she ran a little bit keen with him the last day so he said to drop her in, take our time with her and get her to spit it out, which she did today and she came home well.
“She's still a big frame of a filly and hopefully they'll have plenty of fun with her next year when she grows into herself.
“She's still a bit green but I suppose it's the first time she's hit the front and especially under the lights they can go off a little bit.”
Quotes from Gary Carson
