Jessica Maye has a ball on 25/1 Party Dress The dual-purpose Party Dress caused a 25/1 surprise when prominent throughout and just holding on to land the concluding HM Travel Handicap at Limerick. The Willie McCreery-trained mare, previously successful both on the Flat and over hurdles, asserted to go three lengths clear early in the straight but really needed the line in the closing stages of this 2m1f event. Jessica Maye’s mount just held off Makaiah by a shorthead with 6/4 favourite Carried With Love a length and a quarter back in third. McCreery said, “That is deadly as Jessica works very hard and is a great work-rider at home, so I'm delighted for her. “She went lovely fractions in front, the mare seemed to love it and having the first-time tongue-tie seemed to help her. "She is a grand mare, and I'd love to win a chase with her." Quotes by Tom Weekes
