When even bookmakers are split on who’s favourite to be crowned Ireland’s champion jockey on Saturday, it underlines how delicately poised the title race is between Paul Townend and Jack Kennedy.. It’s a lead big enough to make Kennedy an odds-on favourite with Ladbrokes although Townend enjoys similar status with other firms in the expectation of a Willie Mullins bonanza this week.
That Kennedy was runner-up to the Cork man in all three races will mean the 25-year-old from Dingle won’t lack motivation to maintain his advantage this week and secure a maiden championship. However, Townend might strike at the top level in the later Dooley Insurance Champion Novice Chase aboard Embassy Gardens.
It makes for an intriguing and competitive contest where Embassy Gardens could prove his Cheltenham effort all wrong.
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