Cheveley next for Heartache

HEARTACHE is set for a step up to the highest level after edging out Havana Grey in the Group 2 Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster.

The Queen Mary winner got the better of a pulsating tussle by half a length, and trainer Clive Cox said: “The [Group 1] Cheveley Park [at Newmarket on September 30] is very much on the cards.” BRYAN COOPER yesterday scotched rumours of a move to Britain for the winter after losing his job as No 1 jockey to Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud.

“I will continue to be based in Ireland,” said the 25-year-old. “I look forward to working on new opportunities while still being committed to Irish connections.”