Queen Of Ours leads home her rivals under Billy Lee© Photo Healy Racing
The Willie McCreery trained Queen Of Ours made it third time lucky in the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden, as she made all under Billy Lee.
Third on debut at Naas, the Kodiac bay then filled the runner-up spot behind Easy at Cork and was expected to make the breakthrough this evening, going off the clear favourite at 8/11.
Sent straight to the front, the Renzo Forni owned victor had all her rivals off the bridle on the entrance to the straight.
Ridden inside the final furlong, she kept up the gallop all the way to the line, coming home a length-and-three parts to the good. She's Local (5/2) finished second under Colin Keane for Noel Meade, while Lazer Port was a neck away in third.
"That was very straightforward. I would have been disappointed if she hadn't done something like that because she'd done nothing wrong in her first two races," McCreery said.
"We had the draw and I told Billy to jump out and use her experience. She travelled lovely and just got a bit lonely in front. The ground was a bit heavier than she'd like.
"She's a lovely filly who's only starting to grow into herself and I'm delighted for Renzo Forni who's had horses with me for five or six years.
"She's entered in the Goffs Million next month. We'll look at a premier nursery or something like that before then."
STEWARDS REPORT
At the request of the Stewards, C. Horgan, rider of Lazer Port, trained by Andrew Slattery, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount was outpaced early on, was very green on the turn into the straight and hung both left and right.
Additional reporting by Mark Nunan
