Classy Cat has O’Brien purring

MICHAEL KINANE pressed the accelerator and One Cool Cat showed just what a talent he is as Aidan O’Brien won the Independent Waterford Wedgwood Phoenix Stakes for the sixth consecutive year at the Curragh yesterday.

In a race billed as a clash of two potential champions it was the home team who came out smiling as British raider Three Valleys, the odds-on favourite, failed to fire and could finish only third behind a Ballydoyle one-two.

One Cool Cat was slashed into 4-1 by Ladbrokes for next year's 2000 Guineas, although he is 7-1 with Cashmans.