Affinity Rock (2020) Horse

Foal Date

05-Apr-20

Colour

bay

Sire

Affinisea

Dam

Hill Rock

Prize Money

14237

Trainer

C Collins

Owners

Friends In Low Places Syndicate

About

Affinity Rock, a 6yo horse trained by C Collins, ran in the Killarney R6 Donie Sheahan Memorial Irish EBF Mares Beginners Chase. He is by the stallion Affinisea out of Hill Rock and has won 2 races so far. His biggest win arrived on 13th May 2025 at Killarney, collecting the $9999.00 Mdh prize. The animal has proven lucrative for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have delivered a 28% return on investment.

Raced At

Galway • Killarney • Punchestown • Naas

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Galway 31-Jul-25 4430m GOOD R2 HcpH (of $16,998), Winning Time: 05:29.900, SP: 9.00 1st Bal Kauto ( D L Queally 160 ) 2nd High Court Cave ( O Mcgill 161 ) 5.00L 3rd Arctic Gale ( D Meyler 165 ) 2.00L 14th Affinity Rock ( D Gilligan 161 ) 52.80L See full resultsD Gilligan 73kg 52.8kgL14 (20)
Killarney 13-May-25 4520m SOFT R1 MdH $6,000 (of $9,999), Winning Time: 05:34.800, SP: 2.88 Made all, pressed 3 out, soon ridden, asserted before last, kept on well run-in 1st Affinity Rock ( D Gilligan 153 ) 2nd Former Flame ( R Deegan 153 ) 1.50L 3rd Regards To Rose ( G Noonan 153 ) 1.50L See full resultsD Gilligan 69.4kg1 (9)
Punchestown 25-Feb-25 4590m HEAVY R4 MdH $2,000 (of $9,999), Winning Time: 10:33.030, SP: 3.25 Led, slight mistake 7th, ridden entering straight, headed before last, disputed lead again at last, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace close home 1st Joshua's Daylami ( C Cullinan 153 , Cd 146 ) 2nd Affinity Rock ( D J Gilligan 153 ) 3.00L 3rd Milanaway ( D King 153 ) 15.00L See full resultsD J Gilligan 69.4kg 3.00L2 (9)
Naas 16-Dec-24 3930m SOFT R3 MdH $250 (of $12,499), Winning Time: 04:45.400, SP: 29.00 Disputed lead, headed 6th, ridden and dropped to 5th 2 out, no impression 1st Shuffle The Deck ( M Walsh 161 ) 2nd Eastern Legend ( K Donoghue 161 ) 3.25L 3rd Bowensonfire ( S Ewing 161 ) 0.50L 6th Affinity Rock ( D Gilligan 154 ) 20.65L See full resultsD Gilligan 69.9kg 20.65L6 (18)
Dromahane 10-Nov-24 4828m SOFT Md (of $7,891), SP: 3.50 Made all, 2 1/2l adv & mstk 5th, good jump 2out & went 6l clr gng best bef last, kow, easily 1st Affinity Rock ( R James 165 ) 2nd Written In My Soul ( J G Murphy 165 ) 15.00L 3rd Cupla Focal ( D Allen 165 ) 0.50LR James 74.8kg1