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History repeating: Colin Keane claims century with final ride of the season

Colin Keane after riding Pretty Boy Floyd to victory at the Curragh, his 100th winner of the season
Colin Keane after riding Pretty Boy Floyd to victory at the Curragh, his 100th winner of the seasonCredit: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)

Colin Keane already had his first jockeys' title in the bag when riding at the final meeting of the 2017 Flat season at Naas, but needed to win the concluding maiden on the Matthew Smith-trained Warnaq to bring up his 100th winner of the season. He did.

Fast-forward three years and Keane once again had the title won after a good scrap with Shane Foley, and once again he needed to win the last race of the day, his last ride of the season, to complete his century.

There is nothing quite like history repeating itself and Keane did just that as he partnered topweight Pretty Boy Floyd for trainer Sarah Dawson to get the better the front-running Glow Worm by half a length.

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