Seamie Heffernan predicts Cleveland has 'big future'

Aidan O’Brien’s colt had to wait for the gaps to open but once they did, he raced through them and stretched right away to beat market leader Kailash

Fri, 06 Nov, 2020 - 21:41

Tommy Lyons

Cleveland built on two promising efforts with an easy success in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Naas and, in doing so, impressed his rider, Seamie Heffernan. Aidan O’Brien’s colt had to wait for the gaps to open but once they did, he raced through them and stretched right away to beat market leader Kailash by four lengths. Heffernan afterwards predicted a “big future” for the “Derby type”.

When the market speaks favourably for one from Willie McCreery’s stable it often comes up trumps, and Claonadh was another example of that when making a winning debut in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden. Backed from a high of 33-1 to an SP of 10-1, she quickened nicely to lead inside the final furlong and ran strongly to the line.