Creggs seeks fifth win on the trot with Matron next on the agenda
5.40 Tipperary
Coolmore Stud Fairy Bridge Stakes | 7f | Group 3 | ATR
Could another chapter of the Creggs Pipes fairytale be written today? It took her seven attempts to win a race, she began 2016 rated just 77 and had never won anywhere other from Leopardstown but the four-year-old daughter of Rip Van Winkle arrives at Tipperary tonight chasing a fifth win on the trot..
Creegs Pipes has been one of the success stories of the summer so far. Her rating is now 108 following a pair of handicap wins over a mile at the Curragh and victory in a Listed contest at Killarney, but her finest hour arrived in the lucrative Topaz Mile at Galway last month when she made every yard of the running under Declan McDonogh.
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