Fahey effusive in his praise of gambled-on Gypsy Island

A major gamble was landed in Ballinrobe this evening as newcomer Gypsy Island stormed away with the fillies' bumper.

The daughter of Jeremy made good headway to close on the leaders over three furlongs out.

She was pushed along by Jamie Codd to sweep past her rivals approaching the home bend and the race was over at the furlong pole.

She powered home to settle the race by five lengths at 3/1 having been as big as 22/1 this morning, before sustained support during the day.

Trainer Peter Fahey said: "She's a proper one. Joey Casey bought her at the sales and he was tipping away with her at home with the thought of going point-to-pointing but then he sent her to me to go to the track and we have her between us.

"She's a nice filly and to be honest she's one of the best horses I have at the moment.

"Anything she's done at home she's done very well. She worked with Peregrine Run up the Vic (gallop) last week and she worked all over him.

"We'll see how she is and she's only four. If she's not sold she might go to one of the Listed bumpers, maybe the one at Gowran.

"It looked a very competitive race and it was won by Getaway Katie Mai last year and she went on and won the Aintree bumper.

"We won't rush her back. If she's not right we'll let her freshen up and aim for something again."

Additional reporting by Eamonn Murphy