Colin Keane within one of equalling record for most winners in a single season

Keane took the feature race on Monday at Tipperary, the Group 3 Coolmore US Navy Flag Concorde Stakes, aboard the Ger Lyons-trained Maker Of Kings

Enthrallment and Chris Hayes (left) wins the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden from Zoffman and Tourgar. Picture: Healy Racing

Colin Keane moved to within one of equalling the record of winners ridden in one season by taking the feature race on Monday at Tipperary, the Group 3 Coolmore US Navy Flag Concorde Stakes, aboard the Ger Lyons-trained Maker Of Kings. Soon to be crowned champion jockey for the third time, the colt was his 125th winner of a remarkable year.

Up to this race, Maker Of Kings had been a model of consistency this season, winning a Group 3 and finishing runner-up in another Group 3 and the Lincoln, but this race gave the impression that he was better than ever. Keane sat behind the pace until moving up early in the straight and when he got serious, the horse stretched out in great style to win with a considerable amount in hand.