Jack Kennedy steals the show with brilliant Ballinrobe treble

The Kerry man completed a terrific treble when winning the Brewin Dolphin Rated Novice Hurdle on Lieutenant Highway

Lieutenant Highway and Jack Kennedy jump the last en route to winning the Brewin Dolphin Rated Novice Hurdle. Picture: Healy Racing

Still hobbling following a fall in Tipperary on Sunday, Jack Kennedy stole the show in Ballinrobe on Tuesday night, completing a superb treble, highlighted by the all-the-way victory of Gordon Elliott’s Lieutenant Highway in the Brewin Dolphin Rated Novice Hurdle.

Sent off 6-4 favourite and completing a hurdling hat-trick, Lieutenant Highway was being pressed by Great Realisation when their two nearest pursuers Ballybaun Star and Spick And Span crashed, independently, at the second last flight.