Bay Colony

That moment arrived at Limerick on 25 April 2025, the only time Bay Colony has reached the winner's enclosure. Limerick is a track that rewards horses who travel well through a race, and clearly something clicked that day. The win came 13 months ago at the time of writing, and with the horse having raced just yesterday, it is clear the team at J A Stack's yard in Golden, Co. Tipperary have not given up on finding that form again.

Seamie Heffernan has been in the saddle for 8 of Bay Colony's 9 races — a strong sign that there is a settled partnership here. Heffernan has won once from those 8 rides together, a rate of roughly 1 in 8, which mirrors the horse's overall record almost exactly. That consistency between horse and jockey suggests the team know what they are working with and are patient enough to keep searching for the right opportunity.

The recent form makes for mixed reading — finishing ninth and seventh in back-to-back races before the Limerick win, and then ninth and seventh again in the two most recent runs. The one bright spot in that sequence is a fourth-place finish, which at least suggests Bay Colony is not completely out of sorts. Stack's yard has sent out 15 winners this season, so there is form in the stable — the question is whether Bay Colony can tap into it. Horses at this level often need one thing to go right — a track that suits, a pace that plays to their strengths — and when it does, form can turn quickly.