Lunigiana eventually gains a deserved winning bracket Lunigiana finally opened her account after a string of placed efforts when justifying favouritism in the opening Bar One Racing Better On Football Maiden over five furlongs at Dundalk. The daughter of Mehmas was Listed placed at the Curragh last year and filled the runner-up spot for a fourth time when beaten a short head at Navan last month. The 5/4 favourite travelled well on the outer under Billy Lee to lead a furlong out and found enough when asked for her effort to beat Woolridge by half a length. Masked Angel was a further length and a quarter back in third. Winning trainer Willie McCreery said, “She was unfortunate not to win a few times so, when you get the job done, I'm just delighted for Renzo Forni who bred her. "She's booked in to City Of Troy. "We'll see whether we come back for something else, and we'll get her home and see what Renzo wants to do. "She has oodles of speed and oodles of class, but Billy said yet again she hit the front and she just thinks she has done her job. "You just have to be brave and sit as long as you can, and sure she was galloping all over them. Job done. "It's a crucial win as she is actually a Listed-placed filly as well as a two-year-old. "She has done nothing wrong and, in actual fact, the last time she ran up here she got a little stress fracture on her hind fetlock, so she had to get a few screws. That's the only time she was out of the first four. "Very consistent filly, she's only small and I'd say she got bogged down a few times on the ground and still nearly won. She hopped off that surface and Billy said she loved that." Quotes by Michael Graham
