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Gary Carson

Gary Carson

Stag Night delivers on handicap debut

Sun 10th Apr 2022, 16:28

Stag Night, far side, beats Nordic PassageStag Night, far side, beats Nordic Passage
© Photo Healy Racing

Stag Night was delivered with a perfectly timed run by Nathan Crosse to get up in the Hollywood Bets Handicap at the Curragh.

The Willie McCreery-trained gelding had won a maiden when last seen at Navan last July and was making his first start since on his handicap debut.

Crosse held his mount up before conjuring a strong run inside the final furlong to chase down Nordic Passage to record a head success at odds of 11/1.

“He's a grand horse, he's still a big shell of a horse,” said McCreery.

“I thought the handicapper was hard enough on him for winning a maiden but that's all hindsight now.

“He just likes that better ground and if the rain had come I wouldn't have run him.

“There are a few nice handicaps during the summer and I think he'll rattle off faster ground again.

“He did everything lovely, he was just a bit keen early on but it was his first time in a handicap and he'll learn a terrible lot from that.”

1st
11/1
Tote €13.86 €3.41
2nd
hd
33/1
€8.47
3rd
1.75L
10/1
€3.19
4th
nk
16/1
€3.74
bf
nk
11/2JFav
bf
1.75L
11/2JFav
About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.