Colin Keane braced for whirlwind week as Juddmonte's top jock
Keane, who has just started his new job as retained rider for Juddmonte, bagged a double in Limerick on Wednesday before immediately getting off the mark in those famous silks at Newbury on Thursday.
The Meath jockey had seven mounts in Cork last night before heading to Sandown for a quartet of rides today and that's not even the half of it with a trip to France on the horizon tomorrow.
It is at Chantilly where Keane will hope to immediately get off the mark for Juddmonte at Group One level when partnering Better Together for legendary French trainer Andre Fabre in the Prix de Diane (3.05).
There will be plenty of familiar faces in that Group One with Aidan O'Brien double-handed in the shape of Bedtime Story (partnered by Ryan Moore) and Merrily (in the hands of recent Epsom Derby-winning rider Wayne Lordan).
Just in case that wasn't enough for the Trim native, the five-day Royal Ascot meeting kicks off on Tuesday where Field Of Gold and White Birch are among a stellar book of rides as Keane bids to cement his world-class status on a huge racing stage.
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