Riverside City and Jack Kennedy prevail in dramatic Troytown Handicap Chase in Navan

Riverside City provided teenager Jack Kennedy with his first success over fences and the middle leg of a superb 147.5/1 treble, the first of his career, for Gordon Elliott when capturing the €100,000 Ladbrokes Troytown Handicap Chase in Navan yesterday.

Kennedy (16), from Dingle, brought the J P McManus-owned 8/1 shot to challenge at the final fence in an incident-filled race. Narrow leader Ballychorus crashed, leaving Riverside City to outstay his stable-companion Georges Conn by a length and three-quarters, continuing his young rider’s rich vein of form – this was Kennedy’s seventh win from his last ten rides.

Gordon Elliott, who won last year’s Troytown with Balbriggan, commented: “That was Jack’s first winner over fences and he gave the horse a great ride. The horse stays all day.”