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Swing Time hacks up to give Kelly his brace of winners

Aidan Kelly celebrates his doubleAidan Kelly celebrates his double
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Swing Time (25/1) was a wide-margin winner of the Lodge At Ashford Castle Handicap Chase in Ballinrobe to give jockey Aidan Kelly a quick-fire double after he took the previous race on Carried With Love (3/1).

He eased past the leader Kilashee rounding the bend past the bypassed third last fence. He was clear in jumping two out and once the last was negotiated, he won as he pleased by 20 lengths from Mistyburn (8/1) with Il Silenzio a neck away in third at 13/2.

Kelly said: "I didn't have a ride in the last three weeks, and then I had four tonight and it's great to get a double. These '15 winners or less' races and meetings are a great initiative.

"I've been doing plenty of schooling, but you can't beat race-riding fitness.

"I didn't know much about this lad, but Val (O'Brien, trainer) told me he could run well and so did Conor Stone-Walsh, who rode him the last day.

"I've probably won too far, but he jumped from fence to fence and just didn't stop."

Additional reporting by Mark Nunan

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.