Sacred Rhyme puts Shane Foley back in front in jockey's championship

Protagonist and Shane Foley win the Boylesports Handicap at Fairyhouse in June. Picture: Healy Racing

When Colin Keane won the first race at Navan on Wednesday, he moved three clear of Shane Foley in the jockeys’ championship but by the end of today’s first race at Thurles, Foley was back in front in a race that looks likely to go all the way to the line.

After three winners on Wednesday brought him back level, Foley edged ahead when Sacred Rhyme ran out an easy winner of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies’ Maiden.