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Tom Weekes

Tom Weekes

McCreery's filly gives Crosse a double

Fri 23rd Jul 2021, 20:43

Loveday and Nathan CrosseLoveday and Nathan Crosse
© Photo Healy Racing

Listed-placed Loveday gained a first win in Cork's Irish EBF Auction Series (Fillies) Maiden today, scoring for trainer Willie McCreery, his wife and owner/breeder Amanda and providing jockey Nathan Crosse with a double.

The daughter of Bungle Inthejungle was placed on each of her four previous starts, including a runner-up effort in the Listed Gain First Flier Stakes at the Curragh in May.

Jockey Crosse was earlier successful on the Michael Browne trained The Cola Kid with Loveday (11/4jf) quickening smartly to score easily by four and a quarter lengths.

Afterwards McCreery reported “she had good form, was the highest rated filly in it and Nathan gave her a lovely controlled ride. I took the visors back off her today and after her last race I threw her out for three weeks and she didn't get a drop of rain for three weeks.

“It was her first time on proper fast ground today and she hopped off it and had her ears pricked the whole way - I loved the way she did it. She has natural speed, which is very hard to train and I told Nathan not to take that away from her.”

He added “I targeted this race as she has Listed placed form and we bred her and have a full sister at home. We weren't getting enough for her in the sales and Maurice Burns, who looked after her, said not to let her go for under €30,000 and we didn't.

“Amanda is happy out and is after ringing just now — a happy wife is a happy life!”

Today's win brought Loveday's career earnings, neatly, to €29,300.

1st
11/4JFav
Tote €3.40 €1.10
2nd
4.25L
11/4JFav
€1.20
3rd
0.75L
7/2
€1.50
4th
1.25L
80/1
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.