Cheetah price proves real value

THE layers again took on another of Aidan O’Brien’s juveniles – the Storm Cat colt Dark Cheetah – in the Fermoy Maiden at Cork last night.

He was offered as high as 7-4, before finally finding some friends and reverting back to 6-4. It was real value.

The capable Colm O’Donoghue left him bowl along from the start and Dark Cheetah lengthened in style over a furlong down to go clear of Xaarinshki.