P2P.ie Review: Saratoga Lass won the very first race of the new Irish point-to-point season with a winning debut at Ballingarry in late September. Representing handler Kieran Roche who also introduced the now Listed Hurdle winner Silver Forever to make a winning debut in a four-year-old mares’ maiden, this youngster kickstarted back-to-back successes in the age group for her sire Valirann who then went on to sire a second four-year-old winner eight days later at Monksgrange, when she ran out a one and a-half length victor. Showing plenty of speed when making her decisive move for the winning post approaching the home bend, she very quickly opened up an advantage suggesting that she has all the pace to be effective over shorter trips when making the move to the racecourse.