BECAUSE of her hospital placements and studies, we haven’t seen much of veterinary surgeon turned doctor Kate Keenan this season but she has been attending events over the past few weekends.

Kate had two reasons for being at Vesey Lodge on Saturday. One was to see her mare Ardkyle Je Taime win the EI100 under Steven Smith on just her second start and the other was to continue her George Mernagh Bursary-funded survey into the wearing of air jackets by event riders.