Keane to be champion: Colin seeking to stop Smullen domination

Colin Keane: has 19 winners to his name at Dundalk in 2016 and teams up with Alnahar

Colin Keane: could strike on Inscribe at Gowran ParkCredit: Patrick McCann

Watch your back, Pat! Johnny Murtagh might be retired, Joseph O'Brien and Mick Kinane too, but there is a 22-year-old ravenous rider who is hellbent on becoming champion jockey and he is edging ever closer to achieving his dream.

Pat Smullen will be crowned champion for the ninth time at Leopardstown next Sunday but Colin Keane wants to be the one to prevent him from notching a tenth next season.

He has already secured his best ever season with 79 winners in Ireland and he sits in second spot in the jockeys' championship, with a yawning gap of 22 back to Billy Lee in third.

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David JenningsDeputy Ireland editor

Published on 23 October 2016inNews

Last updated 16:03, 23 October 2016

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