P&D Lydon Mares Beginners Steeplechase
Course: Ballinrobe
Date: 11th Sep 2026
Distance: 2m7f (2m7f6y)
Type: Chase
Going: Yielding
Class:
Prize: €7,800
Runners: 9
Going Detail: YIELDING, Good to yielding in places
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Straight Home
9yo b Mare (IRE)Connections
Jockey: Sean Cleary-Farrell(7)
Trainer: W P Mullins
Muine Bheag, Co Carlow
Owner: Whitegrass Racing Syndicate
Breeding
Sire: Yeats (IRE)
Dam: On The Way Home (IRE)
Damsire: Flemensfirth (USA)
Ratings & Stats
Comment
Straight Home won two of her last four starts and brings solid recent form into this, having run over today's trip and going; the chief concern is whether 161 lb proves too stiff an impost against a strong field.
Previous Trainers
- Timothy Townend (until 2024-04-04)
Previous Owners
- Timothy Townend (until 2024-04-04)
Race History for Straight Home
Affinity Rock
6yo b Mare (IRE)Connections
Jockey: Carl Millar(5)
Trainer: Cian Collins
Navan, Co Meath
Owner: Friends In Low Places Syndicate
Breeding
Sire: Affinisea (IRE)
Dam: Hill Rock (IRE)
Damsire: Beneficial (GB)
Ratings & Stats
Comment
Affinity Rock arrives in fine fettle after a sequence of three consecutive placings, including second two starts back and third last time out, and has experience of today's trip and conditions; the concern is that 161 lb is a sizeable burden to overcome.
Race History for Affinity Rock
Carried With Love
5yo g Mare (IRE)Connections
Jockey: Aidan Kelly
Trainer: Jonathan Sweeney
Kildinan, Co Cork
Owner: John P Mcmanus
Breeding
Sire: Camelot (GB)
Dam: Kotkikova (FR)
Damsire: Martaline (GB)
Ratings & Stats
Comment
Consistent place-getter who has finished third on three occasions in recent starts, with a second one start back showcasing her best, though she returns after 222 days off and carries a hefty 161 lb; has experience over today's trip and going, and her rating of 127 makes her the one to side with.
Previous Trainers
- Joseph Patrick O'Brien (until 2026-02-01)
Race History for Carried With Love
Ad Caelum
7yo b Mare (IRE)Connections
Jockey: Alan O'Sullivan(5)
Trainer: John Patrick Ryan
Templemore, Co Tipperary
Owner: John Patrick Ryan
Breeding
Sire: Cloudings (IRE)
Dam: Ad Meliora (IRE)
Damsire: Rail Link (GB)
Ratings & Stats
Comment
Twice pulled up in her last two starts is the obvious concern, but Ad Caelum showed her quality with a win earlier in this recent sequence, and she arrives on a fair turnaround of 21 days, with experience of today's distance and going and a our rating of 114 lending substance to her claims.
Race History for Ad Caelum
Joya Del Mar
8yo b Mare (IRE)Connections
Jockey: Alix Balfe(7)
Trainer: Dermot A McLoughlin
Bodeen, Ratoath, Co Meath
Owner: Mrs T Giles Fahey Miss S Mangan
Breeding
Sire: Ol' Man River (IRE)
Dam: Sand Reef (IRE)
Damsire: Footstepsinthesand (GB)
Ratings & Stats
Comment
Third two starts back and a winner three starts back, Joya Del Mar has run over today's trip and going and returns after 33 days, but a fifth last time out and a ranking of sixth in this field of nine on our rating suggest she faces a stiff task under 161 lb.
Previous Owners
- Miss S Mangan Mrs T Giles Fahey (until 2024-12-10)
- Miss S Mangan (until 2024-07-05)
- Mrs P J Conway (until 2024-01-13)
Race History for Joya Del Mar
Cooke's Lass
6yo b Mare (FR)Connections
Jockey: Kevin Sexton
Trainer: Gordon Elliott
Longwood, Co Meath
Owner: Kevin Cooke
Breeding
Sire: Authorized (IRE)
Dam: Retour En France (IRE)
Damsire: Robin Des Champs (FR)
Ratings & Stats
Comment
Cooke's Lass returns after a 364-day absence carrying 161 lb, and her recent form — pulled up last time, a fall three starts back, and a second before that — gives a mixed picture; going experience helps, but she's winless in her last four starts and fitness on comeback day is the key query.
Race History for Cooke's Lass
Giorgia Rose
6yo ch Mare (FR)Connections
Jockey: Ricky Doyle
Trainer: Emmet Mullins
Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow
Owner: John Kenny
Breeding
Sire: Kapgarde (FR)
Dam: Pegase Sixty One (FR)
Damsire: Red Guest (IRE)
Ratings & Stats
Comment
Winless in her last five starts and ranked eighth of nine on our figures, Giorgia Rose makes little appeal at the weights carrying 161 lb, though she has run over today's trip and going before and those three consecutive third-place finishes one, two and three starts back hint at a degree of consistency.
Race History for Giorgia Rose
Survivors Sister
7yo b Mare (IRE)Connections
Jockey: Philip Donovan
Trainer: Paul John Gilligan
Athenry, Co Galway
Owner: John J Mcgrath T C Quinn
Breeding
Sire: Mount Nelson (GB)
Dam: Pale Face (IRE)
Damsire: High Chaparral (IRE)
Ratings & Stats
Comment
Ranked seventh of nine on our figures, Survivors Sister has posted just one win in her last five starts alongside a pulled up and two mid-field finishes, and 108 days off the track adds a fitness query; that third one start back offers a sliver of encouragement, and she has going experience to call on.
Race History for Survivors Sister
Cherry Red
8yo b Mare (IRE)Connections
Jockey: Ben Harvey
Trainer: D M Christie
Derrylin, Co Fermanagh
Owner: D M Christie
Breeding
Sire: Ocovango (GB)
Dam: Lucy Rouge (IRE)
Damsire: Croco Rouge (IRE)
Ratings & Stats
Comment
Cherry Red arrives having been unplaced last time out after a win the start before, and with a pulled up and an unseated also in recent starts, consistency is a real concern; rated lowest of the nine runners, she faces a stiff task off 161 lb, though she does have experience of today's going.
Previous Trainers
- S Donohoe (until 2023-02-08)
Previous Owners
- S Donohoe (until 2023-02-08)
Race History for Cherry Red
