JACK Kennedy notched his first winner in nearly four months when the Gordon Elliott-trained Kamikaz Du Plessis opened his account with a bold maiden hurdle success at Wexford - the former champion jockey’s third meeting since returning from injury. this week.

The 48-time Grade 1-winning rider had a plate removed from his collarbone and other physical issues addressed during an enforced break following a fall in the Cheltenham Gold Cup from the ill-fated Corbetts Cross.