COLIN Keane’s relentless push to regain his champion jockey crown yielded yet another double and it began with a victory for the promising Lafayette in the Foran Equine Irish EBF Maiden over an extended five furlongs.

This French Navy colt, a €54,000 breeze-up sale graduate in late May, is one of a number of decent juveniles under the care of Noel Meade, who remains on course for his best flat season for at least a quarter of a century.