BILLY Lee continued to set a strong pace at the head of the jockeys’ title race, when partnering a treble at Punchestown on Tuesday.

The Limerick man was quick off the mark when scoring on The Good Wife, for Paddy Twomey in the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden. He was soon in front on the Zarak filly and the 2/1 shot kept on gamely in the closing stages to hold Silver Kiss by a head.