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.
Form last 66315PP
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
87SR115RPR104OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 87 suggests ability but 18/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
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.
Form last 610-223
★AI Rating★★★★☆
123SR114RPR122OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
Favourable weight of 11-7 gives a real edge in this handicap.
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.
Form last 633327-
★AI Rating★★★☆☆
119SR127RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 119 is competitive — each-way claims if conditions suit on the day.
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.
Form last 6/U-P10
★AI Rating★☆☆☆☆
63SR88RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 63 is modest for this company — needs everything to go right at 33/1.
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.
Form last 6/2F5P-
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
87SR106RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 87 suggests ability but 12/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
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.
Form last 68-3330
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
73SR95RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 73 suggests ability but 22/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
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.
Form last 6016135
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
87SR102RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 87 suggests ability but 20/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
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.
Form last 61/41-3
★AI Rating★★★★☆
131SR120RPR—OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
Favourable weight of 11-7 gives a real edge in this handicap.
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.
Form last 61P7-39
★AI Rating★★☆☆☆
70SR98RPR102OR—Votes
✦AI verdict
SR 70 suggests ability but 25/1 reflects a stiff ask in this field.
Prices update each odds sync. Green ▼ = shortened (steamer),
Red ▲ = drifted, Blue = = unchanged since last sync.
Best column highlights the bookmaker offering the longest price.
Carried With Love owns one of the strongest chamber scores in this field. The Balanced lens likes the blend of SR strength (66) and market confidence (91). The profile stays composed even after the chamber introduces race-day variance.
2/1Jonathan SweeneyAidan Kelly
71%Confidence
⚠ Danger Runner
Affinity Rock
Nearest rival if the simulation drifts off the primary path.
2/1 · Cian Collins✓ Value Signal
Joya Del Mar
Strongest upside if you want a less obvious route through the field.
28/1 · Dermot A McLoughlin◈ Chamber Memory
Balanced
Even weighting across form, market confidence and race-day volatility.
Affinity Rock (SR:123, 2/1) is the second-highest rated horse in the field and the only runner with both a confirmed DistFit:+ and a competitive SR above 120. The form string 10-223 shows consistent placed efforts and a recent win, which is exactly what you want from a beginner chaser finding their feet. Trainer Cian Collins runs at 9% strike rate and jockey Carl Millar (5lb claim, 11%) adds value. The chief concern is GoingFit:? — no confirmed good-ground record — but at 2/1 the market is pricing this as the clear form pick, and SR:123 is a substantial edge over most of the field. Straight Home (SR:131) is the danger but carries DistFit:- which is a significant red flag over 2m7f.
Each-way alternative: Straight Home.
Main danger: Straight Home — Straight Home holds the highest SR in the field at 131, is trained by W P Mullins (26% strike rate, 2859 runners) with a Course:W1P1 record and GoingFit:+, meaning the only real question is the DistFit:- flag over this 2m7f trip — if the Mullins yard has schooled this mare specifically for the distance, the superior ability could override that concern.
⚖Case against4clamped▾
GoingFit:? is a real problem at Ballinrobe where the track can ride soft-heavy in September — Affinity Rock has no confirmed good-ground record and conditions could be materially against.
Straight Home (SR:131) is the highest-rated horse in the field, trained by W P Mullins (26% strike rate) and holds a Course:W1P1 record here at Ballinrobe — the DistFit:- concern is overstated if the…
Trainer Cian Collins runs at only 9% and jockey Carl Millar's 11% strike rate with a 5lb claim is modest — Affinity Rock is relying on a sub-elite team in a race where Mullins's operation holds a sig…
Form string 10-223 contains a '0' (last-place finish) and the sequence ends with placed efforts rather than a recent win — the analyst overstates the form, as the 'recent win' in the string appears t…
ShortlistAffinity Rock, Straight Home, Carried With Love