Rochford wins battle of the ladies

GER LYONS saddled his eighth two-year-old winner of the season when Lady Rochford, ridden by Keagan Latham, pipped odds-on favourite Lady Wingshot in the Irish Stallion Farms 2-Y-0 Fillies Maiden at Naas last night.

Rochford wins battle of the ladies
Thu, 07 Jul, 2011 - 01:00
John Ryan

The Sheikh Mohammed-owned Invincible Spirit filly reversed Curragh form with the runner-up, as the leading duo stretched four lengths clear of the remainder.

Lyons explained: “Keagan was fuming after she ran into all sorts of trouble in the Curragh. And he was confident that wherever Lady Wingshot finished tonight, our filly would be bang there.

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CourtsRacingPlace: NaasPlace: QatarPlace: Strait Of ZanzibarPlace: TipperaryPlace: LimerickPlace: NewmarketPlace: EnglandPlace: FairyhousePerson: Ger LyonsPerson: Keagan LathamPerson: Lady WingshotPerson: Sheikh MohammedPerson: LyonsPerson: KeaganPerson: David WachmanPerson: CaptainPerson: Captain ObviousPerson: Wayne LordanPerson: JambalayaPerson: Willie McCreeryPerson: Rose BonheurPerson: AcushladearPerson: UcanchoosePerson: Declan McDonoghPerson: McDonoghPerson: Jim BolgerPerson: Kevin ManningPerson: MafiPerson: BolgerPerson: Luke ComerPerson: Shane FoleyPerson: Owen WeldonPerson: Mark JohnstonPerson: Ronan WhelanPerson: Seamus CroninPerson: WhelanPerson: JimbalayaPerson: CroninPerson: Blue LawEvent: Derrinstown StudOrganisation: RochfordOrganisation: Stallion FarmsOrganisation: Invincible SpiritOrganisation: GAA Legends SyndicateOrganisation: Panormaic Restaurant Maiden
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