Siamese and Colin Keane© Photo Healy Racing
Jockeys' Championship leader Colin Keane completed a double at Dundalk today and in the process moved to the 90 winner mark for the season as he steered the Johnny Murtagh trained Siamese to win the Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) Maiden.
Keane won the half-hour earlier opening sprint with Blue Uluru and doubled his tally on Siamese, a daughter of Kitten's Joy who quickened well in the closing stages for a comfortable three and a quarter lengths win over Music To My Ears
Afterwards Murtagh reported “it was a very nice performance; she had a very good first run and Niall (McCullagh, jockey) was delighted with the way she ran and said she got a bit tired the last time.
“It was an ideal race for her today and being by Kitten's Joy we always thought she'd like faster ground. Colin was just saying that she's a very nice filly and maybe next year.
“We are no rush now as her maiden is out of the way and the ground is going to get soft from now on. I'll speak to the owners (Qatar Racing) but we might put her away and dream about having a nice filly next year.
“She's doing everything right and has improved a lot in the last couple of months. Hopefully she can make up into a stakes filly.
“I was hoping she'd do something like that today and she did.”
The double now moves Keane three winners clear (90-87) of Donnacha O'Brien at the head of the Jockeys' Championship, which ends at Naas on November 3.
Quotes from Gary Carson
