Manifest makes the breakthrough as Keane doubles-up Placed four times from six previous starts, Ocean Manifest completed a quick double for Colin Keane as he deservedly made the breakthrough in the Bet On The Best Night Out At Dundalk Stadium Maiden. Flip-flopping in the market with Seola, the Stephen Thorne-trained victor was available at 11/10 in early shows for this mile contest, but was eventually returned favourite at 8/13. Given a no-nonsense front-running ride, the chestnut four-year-old travelled best entering the straight and drew clear from the two-furlong pole, ultimately easing to a four-and-a-quarter length win. The aforementioned Seola (5/4 from 5/6 in early shows) had to settle for second under Declan McDonogh for Joseph O'Brien, while Land Of Giants (7/1) was another two-and-a-quarter lengths back in third. Thorne said: "It was a lovely opportunity for the horse. "He should have won his maiden long before now, but that will give him plenty of confidence - I hope. "It is my first winner for these owners (John Kirkland and Mrs Jim Ryan), they have been very supportive of me. They are an absolute pleasure to deal with and hopefully that will give them plenty of confidence to keep the support. This means a helluva lot to me. "Hopefully, this horse will kick on and do a bit more in the winter. "There was a bit of word for Joseph's (Seola) beforehand, so we were a little bit worried about the three-year-old filly getting all the allowances. She had a good run in Galway the last day. "We were just keen to keep things very simple on him. He knows his job. "We have probably a dozen in (for the winter) and we will lightly campaign the majority of the string. We had a winner last week, Instant Appeal, and hopefully he is one that will serve us well throughout the winter. "We have a nice little squad of them. We have had to freshen up the whole team." Completing a short-priced brace, Keane had won the previous contest on Glyndwr. Additional reporting by Michael Graham
