29/1 Fairyhouse brace for Oliver

Nine to two and nine to two makes for around 29/1, and those were the odds of reward for those that doubled Andy Oliver's Fairyhouse runners, The Eyes Have It and Grey Sky Blue The latter took the penultimate on the card, the coral.ie Money Back If Beaten By A Length Or Less Handicap.

Billy Lee did the steering on the grey daughter of Dylan Thomas, Grey Sky Blue, that also races in the ownership of Oliver.

On the back of a Navan second placing the four-year-old got off the mark here on outing number seven, coming through from mid-division to lead over a furlong out.

Grey Sky Blue then kept Taqseem at bay by a length and a quarter.

"She was very unlucky the last day, and is an improving mare. She's a fine big mare, and one to look forward to for the year," remarked Lee.

It was Connor King that'd been aboard Oliver's scorer half-an-hour earlier, The Eyes Have It.

W.M. Lordan, rider of Lex Talionis trained by J.F. Levins, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount was eased close home as he had not a clear run in the latter stages.

(AM & EM)