Ballybay (2017) Horse

Foal Date

29-May-17

Colour

bay

Sire

Walk In The Park

Dam

Maple Lady

Trainer

M McGrath

Owners

Gallagher Bloodstock Limited

About

Plumpton R3 Charlotte Savill Memorial Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Ballybay is a 9yo b unknown from trained by M McGrath, who is based at Maidstone. It is sired by the stallion Walk In The Park out of the dam Maple Lady. Ballybay is yet to break its maiden status, having not won a race yet from 6 attempts. During its most recent race at Huntingdon on 22nd Dec 2025, Ballybay was ridden by Caoilin Quinn and finished unplaced, behind the winner Touquet.

Raced At

Huntingdon • Lingfield • Newbury • Sandown • Punchestown

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Huntingdon 22-Dec-25 3314m SOFT R6 CL5 NvHcpCh (of $7,377), Winning Time: 04:13.950, SP: 41.00 1st Touquet ( J Davies 166 ) 2nd Grain Trade ( G Sheehan 159 ) 2.75L 3rd Zoeman ( J J Burke 163 ) 8.00L Ballybay ( C Quinn 149 ) 0.00L See full results	C Quinn 67.6kg 0.00L	UPD (10)
Lingfield 27-Nov-25 3920m SOFT R6 CL5 NvHcpH (of $6,049), Winning Time: 04:53.050, SP: 17.00 1st Getaway With You ( N Slatter 150 ) 2nd Court One ( J Davies 145 ) 12.00L 3rd Dartmouth Rose ( C Pritchard 162 ) 2.75L Ballybay ( C Quinn 160 ) 0.00L See full results	C Quinn 72.6kg 0.00L	UPD (9)
Lingfield 23-Feb-24 3920m HEAVY R2 CL4 MdH (of $7,575), Winning Time: 05:23.680, SP: 21.00 1st Hidden History ( R Dingle 160 ) 2nd Home Free ( H Skelton 160 ) 1.25L 3rd Ballyvaughan Bay ( T Bellamy 160 ) 12.00L UPL Ballybay ( R Hargreaves 160 , Cd 167 ) 0.00L See full results	R Hargreaves 72.6kg, Cd 75.8kg 0.00L	UPD (9)
Newbury 10-Feb-24 3280m HEAVY R1 NvH (of $8,169), Winning Time: 04:09.150, SP: 150/1 Raced keenly, steadied rear, never involved, tailed off 1st Making Headway ( H Brooke 162 ) 2nd East India Express ( N D Boinville 162 ) 1.25L 3rd Jack Black ( H Skelton 156 ) 2.75L 12th Ballybay ( J Davies 156 , Cd 0 ) 29.50L See full results	J Davies 70.8kg, Cd 0 29.50L	12 (13)
Sandown 27-Jan-24 3220m SOFT R1 CL3 NvHNHFNHF (of $9,837), Winning Time: 04:15.800, SP: 26.00 Held up towards rear, not fluent 2nd, headway after 3 out, weakened before 2 out, mistake last 1st Ballybentragh ( D Maxwell 158 ) 2nd Southoftheborder ( J Bowen 165 ) 2.25L 3rd El Saviour ( B Frost 165 ) 14.00L 6th Ballybay ( D Noonan 158 ) 0.00L See full results	D Noonan 71.7kg 0.00L	6 (8)
Punchestown 30-Apr-22 3220m SOFT R7 NHF (of $7,563), Winning Time: 04:05.600, SP: 15/8 Prominent and disputed lead, headed over 5f out, 2nd and pushed along entering straight, soon lost place and 6th over 1f out, no extra 1st Path D'oroux ( D O'connor 168 ) 2nd Built By Ballymore ( P A King 160 ) 1.25L 3rd Halibut ( C Clarke 168 ) 0.50L 7th Ballybay ( P W Mullins 168 , Cd 0 ) 23.25L See full results	P W Mullins 76.2kg, Cd 0 23.25L	7 (22)