Stag Night doubles up in Naas Farm Machinery Handicap Having landed the corresponding race 12 months ago, the Willie McCreery trained Stag Night doubled up to win the Naas Farm Machinery Handicap. Sent off a 13/2 chance, the gelding tracked the pace under jockey Leigh Roche before coming through to press leader Gerrit's Gem over a furlong out. Getting to the front over 100 yards out, the eight-year-old stayed on strongly up the hill to win snugly by a length-and-a-half. Willie McCreery said: "It's his third time to win this race. When the rain comes, he just needs this softer ground. I still say Brendan Curley(farrier) keeps him alive. He's got terrible auld quarter cracks, which are an unusual thing in Ireland. His whole foot is made up of plastics. Brendan does a great job with him. He just doesn't feel anything on that softer ground and he lets himself down. He's not a bad horse on his day."
