Cool Victory for O’Neill

The Willie McCreery trained Whisper Cool, steered by jockey Kieran O’Neill has won the mile and a quarter Fairways Hotel Race & Stay Package Handicap at Dundalk.

Kieran O'Neill

Having previously getting up to win over hurdles at Killarney in August, the Willie McCreery charge opened his tally on the Flat here at Dundalk with a well timed challenge by jockey O’Neill.

Grabbing the front position within the last furlong, the gelding held off the late challenge of Lastofthemohicans by just a neck.

“With the top two weights coming out he got in here perfectly. He’s tough and did it well,” said winning trainer McCreery.

“He’ll go back for a winners hurdle now on October 2nd at Gowran. I wanted to give him a Flat run in between and thought here wouldn’t be too hard on him as he wants nice ground.”

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