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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Keane levels with Lee, on 80

Fri 7th Oct 2022, 19:20

Smile Of Love and Colin KeaneSmile Of Love and Colin Keane
© Photo Healy Racing

Colin Keane drew level with Bill Lee (80-80) at the head of the Jockeys Championship today, as the three-time champion ended a losing sequence to win Dundalk's Conrad Developments Handicap on Smile Of Love (5/1).

Both men are locked in 'have saddle, will travel' combat, with Keane today breaking a recent stalemate, and personal 25-race losing run, on Tamayuz-sired Smile Of Love.

Winning trainer Ger Lyons was represented by his brother and assistant Shane Lyons who said “we're delighted with that, she's a nice filly. We were going to go straight to the Cooley Stakes but she had a nice rating (88) so we said we'd take this in.

“She had a wide draw to overcome but, given what we think of her, we thought that Colin and herself would overcome that which they did.”

He added “she'll go straight to the Cooley Stakes now and hopefully can get a bit of black-type. She hasn't too many races under her belt and she'll improve. Colin said she's definitely one for the team next year as well.”

This season's Jockeys' Championship concludes at Naas on November 6.

Quotes from Gary Carson

1st
5/1
Tote €6.00 €1.90
2nd
1.5L
14/1
€4.80
3rd
shd
8/1
€2.90
4th
0.5L
33/1
bf
shd
7/2Fav
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.