September Lily and Shane Kelly lead© Photo Healy Racing
Trainer Willie McCreery registered his fourth winner in five days when September Lily defied top weight to win the Social Package Handicap (division 1) at Cork today.
Ridden by tidy five pounds claimer Shane Kelly, the daughter of Cape Cross gave chase to clear leader John's Legend over a furlong out before moved her to the front inside the final furlong, eventually holding off Great Ability by two and a quarter lengths.
Unusually for this grade just seven runners competed (having been divided yesterday by the abandonment of the two sprint races) and McCreery, whose luck is certainly in at present, later quipped “we've a German Shepherd at home and I was half-thinking of entering him in Shelbourne Park!”
He added “this was as good an opportunity as you could get for her to win but she deserved it as she's been very consistent and has only ever run one bad race.”
John's Legend's jockey Derek McCormack subsequently received a two day suspension for using his whip with excessive frequency.
By Thomas Weekes
