Casheldale Lass

The breakthrough came at Gowran Park on 2 June 2025, and then just over a month later she backed it up with a second win at Naas on 5 July. Two wins in five weeks is the kind of momentum that suggests a horse coming into itself — figuring out what racing is actually about and starting to enjoy it. That Naas win remains her most recent victory, though at roughly ten months ago it raises a fair question about whether she can rediscover that form.

Her recent run of results tells both sides of the story. Reading the last six races from most recent to that purple patch, the sequence goes blank, 7th, 6th, 1st, 1st, 12th — a sharp peak sandwiched between some difficult outings. The two wins stand out like a clear day in an otherwise cloudy stretch, and getting back to that level is what the yard will be working toward.

One thing that genuinely helps her case is the ground. On normal conditions she has won 2 of her 3 races — that is a two-in-three record, which is exceptional. It means that when the track is riding the way she likes it, she becomes a completely different proposition. Many horses are ground-sensitive, but few show such a dramatic difference as clearly as this.

Jockey Robbie Colgan has been the man in the saddle for both wins, and across their five races together he has won 2 of them — a 40% win rate that is well above average for any horse-and-rider partnership. That combination clearly works, and with Kinirons' yard already producing 5 winners this season, the operation is in decent form. Casheldale Lass raced just one day ago, so she is very much in the middle of her campaign. The question is whether the conditions line up — because when they do, she has already shown she knows exactly what to do.