Champion flat jockey Colin Keane gave Eire a fifth winner on Girls Day at Cheltenham on Wednesday.
Keane and Noel Meade teamed as much as win the Grade 1 Weatherbys Champion Bumper – the ultimate race on a seven-race programme – with The Mourne Rambler (15/2).
Owned by the Pollys, the five-year-old son of Properly Chosen, raced to a two-and-three-quarter size success, on Keane’s first Cheltenham Competition journey.
Basic successful rider 🤝 Champion Flat jockey 🤝 Champion Bumper winner
Colin Keane guides The Mourne Rambler to victory within the @weatherbysltd Champion Bumper @tuvastables 🏆 pic.twitter.com/X5HPjNlzz3
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English-trained horses crammed the locations as Mets Ta Ceinture (14/1) for Dan and Harry Skelton completed within the runner-up spot. Very long time race chief, Bass Hunter (8/1), was a short-head additional again in third place for Chris and Freddie Gordon.
Colin Keane emulates Jamie Spencer as a Champion Flat rider to win the @weatherbysltd Champion Bumper 👏 pic.twitter.com/sJSQzwUyZq
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Keane emulates his fellow Irishman Jamie Spencer as a flat jockey to win the Cheltenham bumper.
Reacting to his win, the 31-year-old a number of Group 1-winning rider admitted:
“Turning for residence I assumed, if we obtained a little bit of room [we could win] – the one factor he was going to do was keep, and he had a little bit of tempo. I although he’d be within the three then.
“The crowds are a special degree to what we’re used to. I do know Ascot could be busy, however that is some ambiance right here. It was good.
“When Noel [Meade, winning trainer] rang me two weeks in the past, it was a simple ‘Sure’ if I might get the licence sorted. I most likely didn’t suppose sufficient of it, however it labored out nicely.”
