Colin Keane (born 12 September 1994) is an Irish jockey who competes in flat racing. He was Irish flat racing Champion Jockey in 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
| Colin Keane | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Jockey |
| Born | 12 September 1994 County Meath |
| Major racing wins | |
| Irish Classic Races: Irish 2,000 Guineas (2020) Irish Oaks (2020) Irish Derby (2022) Other major races: Flying Five Stakes (2016) Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2021) International Stakes (2020) Matron Stakes (2020) Phoenix Stakes (2019) Tattersalls Gold Cup (2021) Breeders' Cup Turf (2020) | |
| Racing awards | |
| Irish flat racing Champion Jockey (2017, 2020, 2021, 2022) | |
| Significant horses | |
| Broome, Champers Elysees, Even So, Helvic Dream, Siskin, Westover, | |
Keane was born in County Meath and rode his first race winner at Dundalk in December 2010. He became stable jockey for racehorse trainer Ger Lyons in 2014[1][2] and won the Irish apprentice jockeys' championship that year with 54 winners,[3] having finished runner-up the previous season. Keane was runner-up to Pat Smullen in the Irish jockeys' championship in 2015 and won his first championship in 2017 with a total of 100 winners.[4] In 2019 he was runner-up in the championship to Donnacha O'Brien, with 103 winners to O'Brien's 111; this was the first season in which two jockeys both rode 100 winners in an Irish season.[5] Keane won his second Irish champion jockeys' title in 2020 with 100 winners, ahead of Shane Foley who finished with 92 wins. Foley had led by 20 winners on 20 August but a run of success for Keane during September and October put him back in the lead and he maintained his advantage to the end of the season.[6] In 2021 Keane achieved the fastest century of winners in an Irish flat jockeys' championship, riding his 100th winner on 28 August to beat the record set by Joseph O'Brien in 2013.[7]
Major wins
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France
- Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud - (1) - Broome (2021)
Great Britain
- Sun Chariot Stakes - (1) - Tamfana (2024)
Ireland
- Irish Derby - (1) - Westover (2022)
- Irish 2,000 Guineas - (1) - Siskin (2020)
- Irish Oaks - (1) - Even So (2020)
- Matron Stakes - (1) - Champers Elysees (2020)
- Phoenix Stakes - (2) - Siskin (2019), Babouche (2024)
- Tattersalls Gold Cup - (2) - Helvic Dream (2021), White Birch (2024)
Flying Five Stakes
Italy
- Premio Lydia Tesio - (1) - Laganore (2017)
United States
- Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint - (1) - Magnum Force (2024)
- Breeders' Cup Turf - (1) - Tarnawa (2020)
References
edit- ^ About, Ger Lyons Racing
- ^ No blurred Lyons as straight talker aims for the top, Michael Verney, The Irish Independent, 9 October 2021
- ^ Collier, Conall (26 October 2014). "Keane crowned champion apprentice". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Colin Keane". Horse Racing Ireland. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Jennings, David (3 November 2019). "Donnacha O'Brien deflects talk of retirement after retaining his crown". Racing Post.
- ^ Boylan, Mark (2 November 2020). "Colin Keane secures second jockeys' title after epic tussle with Shane Foley". Racing Post. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ Jennings, David (28 August 2021). "101 not out! History made as Keane races to fastest-ever championship century". Racing Post. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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