Alarm Call and Colin Keane (left) beat Colfer Kay© Photo Healy Racing
After a very promising debut fourth at Naas, Alarm Call (2/1) took the NavanRacecourse.ie Maiden in the hands of Colin Keane.
The Oasis Dream filly was always prominent upsides market rival Colfer Kay (7/4 fav) and edged on inside the final furlong to beat that one by three quarters of a length. Even Flow (16/1), who got in as second reserve, was two lengths further back in third.
It was Keane’s 75th winner of the campaign, and he leads Shane Foley by three in the jockeys’ title race.
Shane Lyons, assistant to winning trainer Ger Lyons, said: “Colin (Keane) was very happy with her. She's very straight-forward, he said she got two lengths out of the gates, and she was very professional.
“She's come on a ton from her run at Naas as everybody could see she would do from there.
“She's handled this ground, being by Oasis Dream, and she handled the downhill. Colin said she took a blow so there is a bit of improvement left.
“We'll see how she comes out of this and see if there is a winners race or something black-type. It's not all about this year though but if she tells us she still wants to go, and there is something, we'll find something for her.
“She was a late developer so it's all about next year and I think she is smart.
“The second horse had plenty of experience and there were a couple of horses in it that their trainers liked, so I think there was a bit of depth in the race.”
It was a 50th winner of the campaign for trainer Ger Lyons.
Additional reporting by Gary Carson
