Keane and O'Brien make racing history with 100 plus winners each in a season

Trim man Colin Keane and Donnacha O'Brien are locked in a battle for the 2019 Irish Flat Jockeys' title with six more racing days before the end of the season.

Keane closed the gap on leader O'Brien (101-105) with two winners at Navan today but it's also the first time that two jockeys have managed a 100 winners apiece in a season so regardless of who wins the title, both are record-breakers this season.  

O'Brien, who was also on the mark at Navan, is expected to land a  second successive title after another incredible season that saw him add to his Classic haul in the QIPCO 2,000 Guineas on the Aidan O'Brien-trained Magna Grecia. At home, he won the Group 2 Beresford Stakes on his father’s Innisfree and the Group 2 Kilboy Estates Stakes on Red Tea, trained by his brother, Joseph and he has amassed 105 winners in Ireland this season so far.

Colin Keane, the 2017 champion, who had a the Group 1 success of the Ger Lyons-trained Siskin in the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh in August as one of his highlights and he also had a big race win on Mustajeer in the UK.

The final day of the season will be at Naas on Sunday 3rd November where all racehorse owners that have had runners on the Flat this season will be entitled to complimentary admission. To avail of the free tickets, RSVP to ownersday@hri.ie with owner name, address and the number of tickets required.

There are six  meetings remaining in the 2019 Irish Flat season:

Dundalk - Friday October 25
Leopardstown - Saturday October 26
Galway - Monday October 28 
Dundalk - Wednesday October 30
Dundalk -  Friday November 1
Naas - Sunday November 3