‘Worth Sacrificing’: Ireland-Based Jockey Colin Keane Faces Quarantine By Partnering Siskin At Goodwood

Ireland-based jockey Colin Keane will face 14 days of quarantine after reuniting with Siskin at Glorious Goodwood – but the red-hot rider says that's a sacrifice he was willing to make in a heartbeat.

Dual Classic winner Keane piloted Ger Lyons' cracking colt to a brilliant victory in the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas last month, toppling Vatican City at the Curragh to extend Siskin's flawless record to five wins from five.

Lyons confirmed that Goodwood's Qatar Sussex Stakes will be next for the 3-year-old, as the trainer targets another Group One glory following Even So's triumph in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks this weekend.

The coronavirus restrictions mean Keane will face two weeks of quarantine upon returning to Ireland after Goodwood, however, severely jeopardizing his chances of usurping Shane Foley's lead at the summit of the Leading Jockeys table.

Keane has partnered Siskin in all five of his trips so far and while this time may all but end his chances of regaining his Champion Jockey crown of 2017, he says he simply couldn't pass the opportunity to team up with the speedster once more.

“It's definitely worth sacrificing the two weeks,” Keane told Nick Luck's Daily Podcast. “There are not too many like Siskin that I've got to sit on before, so when a horse like that comes around you want to be on him everyday – especially on the big days.

“Hopefully there'll be other championships in the future, but there might not be another Siskin for a very long time, so I want to take every opportunity.

“He's been great since the Guineas, he looks a million dollars and we couldn't be happier with him. We'll keep him wrapped up and it's about getting him there in one piece.”

The Keane-Lyons axis banged in their second Classic winner of the season on Saturday as Even So followed in Siskin's glittering footsteps in the Juddmonte Irish Oaks.

The fabulous filly reeled in Jessica Harrington's Cayenne Pepper – with Foley on board – as Keane delivered a red-hot performance of his own to make things spicy in the Leading Jockeys table.

The 25-year-old has now ridden 28 winners this season, one behind Wayne Lordan but still 11 triumphs adrift of Foley's table-topping 39 efforts.

Foley and Harrington remain without a Classic victory this campaign, however, with Aidan O'Brien landing the other two races with wins for Peaceful and Santiago in the Tattersalls Irish 1000 Guineas and Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby.

Keane, the 2014 Champion Apprentice, is a man for the big occasion and while both his Classic triumphs have come behind closed doors, it's done little to diminish his joy.

“It was a brilliant weekend – it's still surreal, and one we'll remember for a while I think,” he added.

“Anytime I've ridden a Group One winner there's been nobody there, so it's strange but we're not going to complain.

“There was a lot of pressure for Siskin, but not so much on the filly, so we were just hoping for black type. To go and do what she did was surreal, she was very good.”

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Misty For Me’s Sister Unleashed at The Curragh

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Sunday’s Insights features a full-sister to Classic heroine Misty For Me (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

1.40 Newbury, £6,400, 2yo, c/g, 6fT
MUJBAR (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) debuts for Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum and Charlie Hills with more than an outside chance that he could be another sprinting star for the combination who enjoyed so many red-letter days with his sire. A half-brother to the G1 Commonwealth Cup hero Eqtidaar (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and to the G2 Hungerford S. scorer Massaat (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), the March-foaled bay meets nine rivals including the Richard Hannon-trained Pure Dreamer (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), a granddaughter of the G1 Irish and Yorkshire Oaks heroine Pure Grain (GB) (Polish Precedent) who sports the famed Barnett silks.

 

2.00 Curragh, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, f, 7fT
APRIL SHOWERS (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) represents the Donnacha O’Brien stable and is a full-sister to the four-times Group 1 winner and Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Misty For Me (Ire) who is now the dam of the high-class War Front duo U S Navy Flag and Roly Poly. Carrying Susan Magnier’s colours, the March-foaled bay meets nine rivals including Ballydoyle’s Snowfall (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) , the relative of Found (Ire) who was unlucky here last month.

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TRM Continues Curragh Partnership

TRM will continue its partnership with The Curragh, including sponsoring a series of handicaps and the backing of a variety of stable staff initiatives. Those include Best Turned Out prizes culminating in a €1,000 winner at the end of the season. Each Best Turned Out winner will also receive a TRM-Curragh gilet, and August will be TRM Stable Staff Appreciation Month.

TRM will also sponsor the Listed Waterford Testimonial S. on Oct. 11.

Pat Keogh, chief executive officer of Curragh Racecourse, said, “We are hugely grateful to TRM for their continued support particularly during these unprecedented and challenged times.  As our nearest neighbour we are delighted to continue a strong partnership with them and to work collaboratively on initiatives to benefit  stable staff to show our appreciation for their hard work and dedication.”

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Kitten’s Joy’s Crossfirehurricane Takes the Gallinule

Kitten’s Joy’s reputation hardly needed any further enhancements after the weekend, but another came nonetheless at The Curragh on Friday as his son Crossfirehurricane extended his perfect run in the G3 Coolmore Ten Sovereigns Gallinule S. Held up with one behind early by a confident Shane Crosse, Scott Heider’s Feb. 28 Listed Patton S. winner was gradually unwound to reel in the G2 Beresford S. third Gold Maze (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}) with 200 yards remaining en route to a 1 1/4-length success at 7-1, with Sherpa (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) another half length behind in third.

Joseph O’Brien’s season certainly went up a notch on Friday evening and the trainer revealed that he has the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup with its altered conditions in mind back here July 26. “He’s an improving colt. I was a little bit worried about experience and the trip coming here, but Shane gave him a lovely ride,” he said. “He had a setback after he won his maiden last year and as a result he missed most of last season. We gave him some experience on the all-weather and he won twice up there. I’d say this is going to be his trip. I’m not sure I’d be going a mile and a half with him and we’ll be looking for another race at this trip where the ground is nice and quick. The Tattersalls Gold Cup back here is an option for him and he could have another run between now and then.”

Crossfirehurricane, whose sole prior turf success had come on debut at Limerick last June before adding wins in a seven-furlong conditions event and the Listed Patton S. over a mile on Dundalk’s Polytrack in February, is a son of the stakes scorer Louvakhova (Maria’s Mon). Also the second dam of the Atlantic Beach S. scorer Jack and Noah (Fr) (Bated Breath {GB}), she is a daughter of the GIII Miesque S. winner Louvain (Ire) (Sinndar {Ire}) whose Flotilla (Fr) (Mizzen Mast) captured the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

The third dam Flanders (Ire) (Common Grounds {GB}) took the Listed Scarborough S. and was runner-up in the G2 King’s Stand S. before producing the G1 Haydock Sprint Cup hero G Force (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}). She is kin to the listed winner Ascot Family (Ire) (Desert Style {Ire}), who produced the G2 Prix Robert Papin winner and G1 Prix Morny runner-up Family One (Fr) (Dubai Destination) and the dams of the G2 Rockfel S. scorer Juliet Capulet (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) and the star dual group 1-winning sprinter Lethal Force (Ire) also by Dark Angel. Louvakhova’s unraced 2-year-old filly is My Generation (Speightstown), while she also has a foal full-brother to Crossfirehurricane named Gimmie Shelter.

Friday, Curragh, Ireland
COOLMORE TEN SOVEREIGNS GALLINULE S.-G3, €50,000, Curragh, 6-12, 3yo, 10fT, 2:08.41, g/f.
1–CROSSFIREHURRICANE, 131, c, 3, by Kitten’s Joy
1st Dam: Louvakhova (SW-US, $116,378), by Maria’s Mon
2nd Dam: Louvain (Ire), by Sinndar (Ire)
3rd Dam: Flanders (Ire), by Common Grounds (GB)
1ST GROUP WIN. O-Scott C Heider; B-Glen Hill Farm & Scott C Heider (KY); T-Joseph O’Brien; J-Shane Crosse. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, $103,343. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Gold Maze (GB), 131, c, 3, Golden Horn (GB)–Astonishing (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). (550,000gns Ylg ’18 TATOCT). O-The Long Wait Partnership; B-Apple Tree Stud (GB); T-Jessica Harrington. €10,000.
3–Sherpa (Ire), 131, c, 3, Zoffany (Ire)–Eirnin (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Mrs A M O’Brien; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Donnacha O’Brien. €5,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 7.00, 6.00, 5.50.
Also Ran: Toronto (Ire), Mythical (Fr), Choice of Mine (Aus). Scratched: Chiricahua (Ire), Dutch Admiral (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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