Killinure Lass

Her trainer, J P Dempsey, operates out of Carbury in Co Kildare, and it is a yard in decent form — 16 winners sent out already this season, which suggests a stable that knows what it is doing. The fact that Killinure Lass is still active, having raced just one day ago, tells you she is fit and being campaigned with purpose.

The most compelling part of her profile is what happens when the ground gets soft. On wet or muddy ground she has won 3 times from just 10 races — a 30% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 3 runs. That is a dramatically different animal from the horse who wins roughly 1 in every 8 races overall. It tells you that a soft, testing surface is not just something she tolerates — it is where she genuinely thrives. Keep an eye on the forecast.

She also has a particular fondness for Tramore, the seaside track in Waterford. Two wins from 6 races there makes it her happiest hunting ground, and her most recent victory came at that very course in October 2025 — just eight months ago. That kind of course form is worth paying attention to, because some horses simply take to certain tracks in ways that are hard to explain but easy to spot in the records.

Her regular rider, Mr E Mahon, has partnered her seven times without a win between them, which is a curious footnote. It does not mean the partnership is doomed — plenty of horses and jockeys build their best results over time — but it is one of those small details a keen observer would notice. Killinure Lass first won back in June 2022 at Kilbeggan, and she has been a consistent if unspectacular presence on the circuit ever since. At nine years old, still racing and still winning within the last year, she has earned a kind of respect that the bare numbers alone do not quite capture.