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Keane To Stick With Siskin

Jockey Colin Keane confirmed on Nick Luck’s Daily Podcast that he will cop the 14-day quarantine and continue his association with Siskin (First Defence) in the July 29 G1 Sussex S. Keane has ridden Siskin in all five of his starts, including a last-out win in the G1 Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas on June 12, and a trip to Goodwood for the rider means that he will have to quarantine for two weeks upon returning to Ireland.

“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,” said Keane, who also rode Siskin’s Ger Lyons-trained stablemate Even So (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) to victory in Saturday’s G1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks. “It’s definitely worth sacrificing the two weeks. 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.”

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Guineas Winners To Meet In Sussex

Kameko (Kitten’s Joy) and Siskin (First Defence), winners respectively of the G1 Qipco 2000 Guineas and G1 Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas, are set to meet in the G1 Sussex S. on July 29. Kameko was last seen finishing fourth in the G1 Investec Derby on July 4, while Siskin comes in off his Curragh Classic win on June 12.

David Redvers, racing and bloodstock advisor to Kameko’s owner Qatar Racing, told Nick Luck’s Daily podcast that the Sussex would be used as a stepping stone to the G1 Juddmonte International on Aug. 19.

“There’s been lively in-house debate and Sheikh Fahad is keen to go with [trainer] Andrew [Balding]’s preferred option, which at the moment looks like it will be the Sussex,” Redvers said. “We need to have a meeting of the two Guineas winners to see which is the better and it looks to me like the Sussex is where we are leaning at the moment. It depends on other factors, such as weather and how the horse is, but at the moment it looks like that is where we are heading.

“Going to the Sussex gives you more time [than the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois on Aug. 16] if you wanted to go to the Juddmonte, which has been Andrew’s target all along. He bounced out of the Derby very well and will have had quite a lot of quick runs if he does go to the Juddmonte, but a bit like Roaring Lion, Kitten’s Joy seems to make them out of tough stuff.”

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Kameko Could Head For Sussex

The next big aim for Kameko (Kitten’s Joy) remains the G1 Juddmonte International on Aug. 19, but the G1 2000 Guineas winner could take in the G1 Sussex S. en route on July 29, trainer Andrew Balding revealed the day after the colt finished fourth as the post time favourite in the G1 Investec Derby.

“Obviously it was slightly disappointing, because we had huge expectations, but that’s why it is such an important and special race–you only get one chance at it, and it is very difficult to win,” Balding said. “We’ve still got a Guineas winner who hopefully still has the rest of the season ahead of him and some really nice races–he certainly hasn’t lost his ability overnight, that’s for sure. The Juddmonte is top of the list, but whether we have a race before that we’ll just see how he is. The Sussex S. is a possibility if we felt we needed a run on our way to York in between.”

Balding also trained longshot runner-up Khalifa Sat (Ire) (Free Eagle {Ire}) and he said of Ahmad Al Shaikh’s colt, “The [G3] Gordon S. at Goodwood, having won there, is a possibility, the [G2] Great Voltigeur too–but they both had hard races yesterday, so it’s probably a little early to say when they’ll definitely run again.”

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