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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

Stack's 'good filly' bags the lolly

Fri 2nd Nov 2018, 18:31

Nevereversaynever (right)Nevereversaynever (right)
© Photo Healy Racing

Nevereversaynever landed a gamble in the colours of Royal Ascot winner Lolly For Dolly at Dundalk today as the Fozzy Stack trained filly created a favourable impression in landing the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden on debut.

The daughter of No Nay Never was generally a 5/1 chance this morning but her price was cut gradually throughout the day and on track was cut finally from 5/2 to 2/1 joint-favourite.

Fellow joint-favourite Captainofthebounty represented Ballydoyle and carried an 86 rating into the race but Nevereversaynever, which missed the break slightly, proved too strong and in the end won very nicely under a hands and heels ride from current Champion Jockey Colin Keane.

Nevereversaynever carries the colours of David Keoghan (along with co-owners Casey McLiney & B Parker), whose Lolly For Dolly won the 2011 Windsor Forest Stakes at Royal Ascot and following today's success trainer Stack stated “she did it well and she's a filly we've always thought a bit of.

“Sprinting will probably be her game, I'd say. She didn't have any problem travelling behind them there and they were going good and hard.

“She'll be a better filly too when she grows into her frame, she's a nice filly.

“She just started growing a bit and had one or two small niggles, but nothing of any consequence, but she's a good filly, I think, hopefully.

“We'll put her away now, that'll be it.”

Quotes from Gary Carson

1st
2/1JFav
Tote €2.80 €1.50
2nd
1L
2/1JFav
€1.20
3rd
1.5L
8/1
€1.30
4th
nk
33/1
About Tom Weekes
A lifelong racing fan, Tom began writing point to point reports in 2002 and has reported for irishracing.com since 2003, when he joined Irish Racing Services - since taken over by the Press Association. Has ridden a point to point winner and won the 2018 Irish Field Naps Table.