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Champion Kennedy collects on spare ride for Harrington

Quinta Do Lago and Jack KennedyQuinta Do Lago and Jack Kennedy
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Champion jockey Jack Kennedy scored on a spare ride for trainer Jessica Harrington today, landing Fairyhouse's Group Discounts For Winter Festival General Admission Rated Hurdle on Quinta Do Lago (7/4f).

Dual champion Kennedy was allowed off Generous Risk , for his retained trainer Gordon Elliott, in the race and on Galiway-sired Quinta Do Lago, produced the four-year-old to lead after the second-last before scoring by four lengths from Sageborough . Generous Risk finished fourth.

Harrington commented “he does nothing in his races and Jack was saying a bigger field would suit him better because he'd have horses to gallop with. He was just looking at everything and is big bone idle.

“There is a four-year-old's only race in France which we might look at now and he'll probably end up in a Pertemps Qualifier somewhere. He's going to get two-five or three-miles so we'll see what happens."

Quotes from John O'Riordan

About Tom Weekes
A lifelong racing fan, Tom began writing point to point reports in 2002 and has reported for irishracing.com since 2003, when he joined Irish Racing Services - since taken over by the Press Association. Has ridden a point to point winner and won the 2018 Irish Field Naps Table.