Epsom heroine Was takes on elders for first time

Seamie Heffernan is thrilled to have kept the ride on Aidan O’Brien’s Investec Oaks heroine Was as she takes on her elders for the first time in Sunday’s Barclays Bank Ireland Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh.

The daughter of Galileo was a surprise 20-1 winner of the mile-and-a-half Epsom Classic earlier this month under Heffernan, with her better-fancied stablemate Maybe beaten into fifth.

The pair do battle again over 10 furlongs this weekend and the trainer’s son, Joseph, will once again partner Maybe, leaving the way clear for Heffernan to get back on Was.