Curragh & Dundalk tips: Cleveland can make it third time lucky
Trainer Joseph O'Brien fresh from his Melbourne Cup success can strike with Unforgetable at Dundalk. Picture: PA Wire.
Nine furlongs is a good test of a two-year-old, particularly on deep ground, but Cleveland showed improved form when upped to this trip last time and can make it third time lucky by taking the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden on this afternoon’s card in the Curragh.
Last time out, at Tipperary, he was away quite well but appeared to be short of room around the first turn and, as a result, lost his place. He never managed to recover that lost ground but was noted making rapid late progress into fifth place behind useful stablemate Carlisle Bay. That effort was a significant step up on his debut and he can only improve further.
