WHISPER it very quietly but Jack Kennedy is on track to win a first Irish jump jockey’s championship this season. The soft-spoken Kerryman currently leads five-in-a-row title seeking Paul Townend by 30 winners heading into the busy Christmas period.
It’s a huge lead and Paddy Power’s odds of 1-2 about Kennedy being crowned champion next spring are probably about right considering he has the power of Gordon Elliott’s stable behind him. He was as big as 12-1 at the start of the season to finish champion.
The reason that we’re whispering it is because 23-year-old Kennedy has been hit very hard by injuries in recent times, suffering some horrific falls that have seen him spend many months on the sidelines.
