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.

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.