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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Keane doubles up on Path

Sat 16th Sep 2017, 17:52

Erratic Path and Colin KeaneErratic Path and Colin Keane
© Photo Healy Racing

Erratic Path ran out a convincing winner of the nine-furlong maiden at Gowran to give Colin Keane a double on the card and move him one ahead of Pat Smullen in the jockey's title race.

Keane had the 5/1 shot prominent throughout and he hit the front turning for home.

Ger Lyons' charge stayed on strongly in the closing stages to post a seven-length winning margin over 11/8 favourite Spring Garden

The winner had finished second on his debut at Navan in June but was well beaten subsequently at Killarney.

“We're delighted with that and we've always liked this horse,” said Shane Lyons.

“We probably made a little bit of a mistake stepping him up in trip too quickly as we felt he was more of a stayer.

“He has speed and he was a little bit weak at the time to step him up drastically, hence the run at Killarney.

“On his first run you'd have to fancy him today. Dropping him back in trip has done the trick.

“He's a brother to Elusive Heights out of a good mare that we trained, a group 3 winner, and he's only going to get better with strength and time. He's a nice horse. We'll have a chat with Patrick (Cooper) and he's a horse with a future.

“He's acted on that ground and we'll see what's left for him.”

About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.