By Peter Moore at Salisbury Thursday 1st October 2026

Pictures: Credit Malcolm Wells

Colin Keane picked up his first ever winner at Salisbury after steering Kamaal to victory in the second division of the 7f novice on the seasons finale at the Wiltshire track.

Keane, now a regular visitor to Britain in his role as Juddmonte’s number one rider, was partnering his first winner for Jack Jones.

Jones said: “I had a summer working for Ger Lyons around ten years ago and Colin and I became friends, so I know him from way back then.

“He rode a horse at Royal Ascot for me a few years ago, but it’s nice to give him that first winner from an old mate that goes way back.”

Kamaal was continuing the Newmarket trainer’s recent purple patch.

Jones said: “We won this division last year and he deserved that. He ran a cracker in the Coventry Stakes and he’s always been very likeable. That’ll probably be him done for the year and hopefully he’ll be progressive next year.”

Ralph Beckett and Hector Crouch were crowned leading trainer and jockey at the track this year after Regional Rock landed the 6f handicap for the pair.

Beckett has saddled 13 winners at a 26 per cent strike-rate, while Crouch has had ten successes at a 27 per cent strike-rate.

Britain’s first juvenile winner of the year A Bear Affair won for the first time since the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster in the 6f conditions contest.

Grand Dia became Andrew Balding’s 24th two-year-winner of the year after landing the odds in the opener.

The unraced colt disputed the lead with Shared Odyssey before going on to win comfortably by two lengths under Callum Hutchinson.

Meticulously showed greenness when finishing fourth of nine on his debut at Leicester, but that experience proved useful after the two-year-old took division one of the 6f novice stakes by two and a quarter lengths with George Downing in the plate.

There was a surprise in the 1m 2f handicap when Hello Cotai delivered a late challenge to get up on the line to deny Arbaawy victory by a nose at odds of 20-1 for the popular Ownaracehorse Syndicate.

An inconsistent horse, Due To Henry has been tried in various forms of headgear with some below performances.

However today, under a brilliant ride by apprentice Oliver Carmichael who used the stand rail to perfection to get the five-year-old up to score by a head from Blue Wonder at 33-1.

Treble Bass was left at the back of the field in the 1m 6f finale on the card, but steadily started to make his way through the field to get up on the line to win by a short head for jockey Jack Mitchell and trainer Roger Varian.