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- Bliss in the bumper for Slevin and Barry
Mark Nunan
Bliss in the bumper for Slevin and Barry
Fairytale Bliss and Johnny Barry (far side) win the bumper from Reverse Polarity
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Fairytale Bliss (8/1) took the concluding Visit Waterford Greenway INH Flat Race under Johnny Barry.
The 5-y-o mare by Roderic O’Connor had a good tussle with long-time leader Reverse Polarity before holding that one’s renewed effort by a neck. The 3/1 favourite Knockwilliambridge finished fifth.
The winner had a good debut run when third at Down Royal last summer, after which she was off until running unplaced at Bellewstown earlier this month.
Winning trainer Nigel Slevin said: "She was third first time out. She is a very hot filly and the last day we hadn't killed her with work and she probably needed the run more than we thought.
"We would never have said she was a 'good thing' today but she has improved from her last run and kept at it well.
"I've no plan for her now. She is tricky enough, she is light-framed and takes a bit of minding. We will take our time with her.
"We have twelve in at the moment, a mixture of horses for the Flat and the jumps. None of them are going to Galway, it's too competitive for me there, I prefer the country tracks."
Additional reporting by Donal Murphy