Bumbasina stuck on gamely to open her account, on her seasonal reappearance, in the opening mile maiden at Gowran Park this afternoon.

The Willie McCreery-trained filly had shown promise on her sole outing as a juvenile last term when finishing mid-division in a Curragh maiden.

She was sent to post a 5/1 shot on her return and tracked the leaders under Billy Lee.

Front-runner Treaty Of Vienna looked to have his rivals on the stretch passing the two pole but Bumbasina wore down her rival inside the final furlong for a half length success.

15/8 favourite Frima stayed on to take third, another half a length further back.

"She ran a lovely race last year. I thought the ground might be a little bit gone for her, she is as lazy as hell,” said McCreery.

“If she turns out as good as her half-sister (Dolce Strega) she will be doing okay. She has a good way of going and she is very honest.

“She just realised what she was doing in the last 100 yards, and I liked the way she stuck her head down and galloped on to the line.

“We will try and find a bit of black-type for her somewhere or we might go for a winners of one or a fillies race. I might give her a bit more experience.

“She did nothing last year in that run and it was a big learning curve. I wouldn't like to over-faze her straight away."

(Quotes by Donal Murphy)