CAN you believe it? Today, at Naas racecourse, the 2020 flat season officially ends and the various champions will be crowned. Sadly, as with all race meetings at present, and for the foreseeable future, there will be no public present to acclaim the worthy winners. As the meeting clashes with the Breeders’ Cup in the USA, many of the winners themselves will be absent.

After a season to remember Colin Keane will be crowned champion jockey for the second time, having claimed the title in 2017. He does so having ridden 100 winners and these two titles are added to his apprentice jockeys’ championship win in 2014. What a season he had with three Group 1 successes, two classics and perhaps he will add to that tally this weekend.