Drinks are on Stag Night after fav comes good at Naas Stag Night got back on track following an unfortunate incident at the Curragh a fortnight ago when produced late to land the Osborne Denieffe Solicitors Handicap at Naas. The seven-year-old ran loose after breaking through the stalls at the Curragh but had no such issues here under Billy Lee. The well-backed 3/1 favourite (from 9/2) finished strongly inside the final 150 yards to just snatch the spoils by half a length from Arklow Lad in an exciting blanket finish to this five-furlong sprint. Likedbymike was just a shorthead back in third while Bounty, who looked a likely winner inside the final furlong, was a further head back in fourth. Winning trainer Willie McCreery said, “He burst through the stalls the last day. He never did anything like that before, and we had to get him recerted. “I had him sold twice and he failed the vet twice but he’s a great old servant in the yard. “He has terrible feet, and we don’t run him on hard ground. He has bad confirmation with his feet and gets quarter cracks. “I think there is another race up the Curragh for him before the end of the season.”
