Townend and Kennedy trade blows in title race 

The Kerry man remains four wins in front after both jockeys won at Naas 

LANDMARK MOMENT: Finn Tegetmeier steers Blue Mosque to victory at Naas, the teenage jockey's first career win. Picture: Healy Racing

It was a case of honours even between six-time champion Paul Townend and arch rival Jack Kennedy in the title race following Tuesday’s action in Naas. 

Townend partnered the previously frustrating Icare Desbois to a hard-earned victory in the opening Mulvaney Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle before Kennedy replied on Eamonn O’Connell’s The Niffler in the Sean Graham Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle to leave the score at 117-113 in favour of the Kerry man.