START strong and finish stronger. No Irish-based jockey has begun the 2023 flat season more brightly than Shane Foley, and the in-form rider’s hunger to drive on and make the current campaign a memorable one isn’t to be doubted.

Across March, April and May, the multiple classic-winning rider notched 20 winners on home soil - his second highest return for those months since taking out his licence in 2007, and well up on his return of nine over the same months last year.