Waaheb shows his class in Leopardstown finale Those that took the short odds about Waaheb for the concluding Killiney (Pro/Am) Flat Race got a bit of a fright when he started to battle it out with Jenari from the quarter mile pole but he ultimately prevailed a shade cosily under Robbie McNamara at Leopardstown. Waaheb had to make his own running when nothing else wanted to go on and into the straight it was the Kate Harrington-ridden newcomer Jenari who emerged as the chief danger. However that Milan gelding couldn't quite match Waaheb in the final furlong, going down by a length and a half in the end. Dermot Weld trains the victorious Elusive Quality four-year-old for his son Kris and the Curragh handler said: "That was a very good performance giving 14Ibs to the runner-up who looks like a very nice horse. "The plan was to hold him up and ride him for pace but Robbie wisely did the right thing by going on. They pulled a long way clear of the third too (nine lengths back to Streets Of Newyork). "He may go for the McManus bumper at Limerick next and then he might go to Punchestown. He is a big weak horse but he's all class. "He is a super leaper, he jumps like a stag and he could have a huge future over jumps."
