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Michael Graham
Fairylike brings up O'Brien treble
Fairylike, orange, forges clear at Leopardstown
© Photo Healy Racing
Aidan O’Brien saddled a treble at Leopardstown as his daughter Ana partnered Fairylike to victory in the apprentice handicap over a mile and a quarter.
When Gearoid Brouder and Waterloo Sunrise got a dream run down the inside of pacesetting Charpoy in the home straight, it looked for all money that they would score.
However, Ana O’Brien and Fairylike switched wide and came with a powerful finish to grab the weakening Waterloo Sunrise with 150 yards to go and win going away by an impressive five and a half lengths.
Fairylike was returned at 4/1 (from 8/1 this morning). Aidan O’Brien said afterwards: “She’s a lazy little one, but once she got in amongst them she got interested.” Little Arrows who again was slowly away, secured another placed finish at Foxrock as he finished third, seven and a half lengths off runner-up Waterloo Sunrise.
This was the fifth win of Ana O’Brien’s career, three of which have come on Fairylike including her first ever win. She said: “Last week she didn’t have a hard race. She was coming home well, but had nowhere to go.”
Fairylike was seventh in a mile handicap for apprentices here last week. She ran short of room and was snatched up under two furlongs from home.
Additional reporting by Gary Carson