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Lust a second winner on card for Keane
Lust has his rivals toiling at the business end
© Photo Healy Racing
Colin Keane made virtually all on top-weight Lust in the mile handicap at Gowran Park to seal his double.
The 2/1 favourite was ridden to find more racing to the final quarter of a mile.
He began to pour on the pressure furlong and a half down and none of his rivals were able to land a glove on him at the business end as he surged six lengths clear for trainer Ger Lyons. Skilled Warrior finished second at 9/2, a length and a half in front of Ones Are Wild (13/2).
Assistant trainer Shane Lyons said: "He had the class in the race. Going into the race we would have been very confident over seven furlongs. He loves that ground and it's a nice track to get a trip.
"He got an easy lead and Colin used his head to get a couple of lengths at the start. We were always going to get the trip doing that. He did it well.
"We had a nice winner for Newtown Anner yesterday (Thunder Kiss) and again today so long may it last. It's a nice way to end the season with him. He is a brother to Maker Of Kings so he will be a nice horse to look forward to next year as well."
Keane also took the opening nursery on Dermot Weld's Pale Moonlight This was his 134th winner of a record-breaking season.
At the request of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Handicapper, Stewards obtained a report from Shane Lyons, Authorised representative for G.M. Lyons, trainer, as to the apparent improvement in form of Lust, placed first, as compared with its recent run at the Curragh on 27th August 2021. Mr, Lyons felt that the return to softer ground conditions, which the animal had previously ran well on, brought about the apparent improvement in form. Having considered the evidence the Stewards noted the contents of the report.
Additional reporting by Donal Murphy