Three for Colin Keane at abandoned Cork

Trim jockey Colin Keane completed a hat-trick at Cork's abandoned meeting yesterday with a double Ger Lyons, on Mittersill and Ardhoomey. Keane was also successful on the Michael O'Callaghan-trained Spy Ring.

Racing was abandoned due to unsafe (slippery) ground conditions with the last two scheduled races lost.

Acting Steward Shay Quinn said: 'The Stewards met with a delegation of senior jockeys who felt that the track had become greasy and slippy following a period of rain.

'Evidence was heard from the Clerk of the Course Val O'Connell who said that the track had been extensively spiked and sanded prior to racing.

'The Stewards also met with a number of trainers, and the Racecourse Manager, and having taken all the evidence into account, abandoned the remainder of the meeting in the interests of safety,' he added.

Clerk Of The Course Val O'Connell explained: 'A delegation of jockeys met with the stewards relating to the safety of the course and that horses were slipping on the bend. In consultation with trainers and jockeys, the meeting was abandoned in the interests of safety.'