Stag Night delivers on handicap debut Stag Night was delivered with a perfectly timed run by Nathan Crosse to get up in the Hollywood Bets Handicap at the Curragh. The Willie McCreery-trained gelding had won a maiden when last seen at Navan last July and was making his first start since on his handicap debut. Crosse held his mount up before conjuring a strong run inside the final furlong to chase down Nordic Passage to record a head success at odds of 11/1. “He's a grand horse, he's still a big shell of a horse,” said McCreery. “I thought the handicapper was hard enough on him for winning a maiden but that's all hindsight now. “He just likes that better ground and if the rain had come I wouldn't have run him. “There are a few nice handicaps during the summer and I think he'll rattle off faster ground again. “He did everything lovely, he was just a bit keen early on but it was his first time in a handicap and he'll learn a terrible lot from that.”
