Colin Keane takes over from Kieran Shoemark on Field Of Gold for next Classic
The Irish champion will partner the 2,000 Guineas runner-up in the Irish equivalent after Shoemark was blamed for the colt's defeat at Newmarket
Colin Keane will be in the hot seat when 2,000 Guineas runner-up Field Of Gold bids for Classic redemption in Ireland on Saturday.
The Craven Stakes winner started favourite to deliver the John & Thady Gosden-stable an overdue first success in the colt's Classic at Newmarket, but was beaten half a length by Godolphin's Ruling Court. The Craven Stakes winner, ridden by Kieran Shoemark, was slow to get into top gear on the Rowley Mile and finished fast but too late to reel in the winner.
Shoemark, who had been under the microscope ever since Frankie Dettori quit Britain, subsequently admitted he had been too confident on Field Of Gold and he was dumped by the Gosdens as first choice rider.
Thady Gosden said at the time: "Naturally since Saturday myself and John have gone through things together and decided that the best policy moving forward for the stable is to adopt the best available rider strategy.
"It's still very early in the season and there's plenty of time left to go but we believe that's the right decision for the stable to have the best available rider - alongside of course the significant number of retained riders pre-existing in the yard."
Keane rides regularly in Ireland for Field Of Gold owners Juddmonte through his association with trainer Ger Lyons and will take the mount on the grey at the Curragh.
Keane has already tasted Classic glory in the famous Juddmonte silks, having won the Irish 2,000 Guineas on Siskin for Lyons in 2020 and when he was booked by Ralph Beckett for Westover in the Irish Derby in 2022.
'I'm delighted to be asked to ride him, he looks a very good ride going into the race, I'm very much looking forward to it,' said Keane.
'The Juddmonte colours are those that growing up watching racing, you know who they are. I've been very fortunate to win two Classics wearing them and a couple more Group Ones and I'm just delighted to be asked to ride the colt at the weekend.
'Winning the Irish Guineas a few years ago for Ger was one of my best days. It's such a huge race and Juddmonte hadn't long been in the yard, he was their first Group One together.
'To get a horse of Siskin's calibre very early on was very special and for him to then go and win a Classic was very special, it was a brilliant day.'
Oisin Murphy, who rode the Gosdens-trained Lead Artist to victory in the Lockinge Stakes for Juddmonte, will partner the owner's Cosmic Year, trained by Harry Charlton, in the Irish Classic.
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