The ultra consistent Ballycowen Colm appears to be ‘waiting in front’ at the head of the open race winners table for 2018.
| Ballycowen Colm | 14 | £3,500 | 280 |
| Sporting Dave | 12 | £17,700 | 491 |
| Bombers Bullet | 11 | £17,750 | 540 |
| Chopchop Hope | 11 | £3,750 | 336 |
| Kentish Power | 11 | £2,825 | 653 |
| Bockos Alfie | 10 | £5,300 | 431 |
| Newlawn Adam | 10 | £3,300 | 301 |
| Troy Bella | 10 | £2,875 | 269 |
| Affane Party | 9 | £4,600 | 295 |
| Brinkleys Poet | 9 | £17,525 | 471 |
| Droopys Perfect | 9 | £2,500 | 285 |
| Droopys Verve | 9 | £7,950 | 493 |
| Lenson Wilson | 9 | £9,300 | 469 |
| Roswell Romanov | 9 | £2,500 | 569 |
| Ballymac Defo | 8 | £2,625 | 480 |
| Chopchop Steve | 8 | £2,500 | 400 |
| Courts Ad Peter | 8 | £2,000 | 400 |
| Droopys Dresden | 8 | £10,000 | 521 |
| Droopys Polly | 8 | £2,050 | 521 |
| Kilmore Lemon | 8 | £2,000 | 338 |
| King Kid | 8 | £1,925 | 487 |
| Knockard Spring | 8 | £2,250 | 435 |
| Lightfoot King | 8 | £2,550 | 500 |
| Saleen Ash | 8 | £4,000 | 533 |
| Serious Hangover | 8 | £2,000 | 488 |
| Shotgun Bullet | 8 | £24,550 | 605 |
| Azzurri Genesis | 7 | £2,000 | 476 |
| Black Zack | 7 | £1,850 | 501 |
| Droopys Trapper | 7 | £4,225 | 459 |
| King Turbo | 7 | £13,025 | 479 |
| Maireads Ivy | 7 | £2,000 | 765 |
| Princess Aurora | 7 | £2,000 | 452 |
| Queen Adele | 7 | £3,350 | 397 |
| Razldazl Raidio | 7 | £2,250 | 496 |
| Ridgedale Max | 7 | £3,725 | 627 |
| Rising Brandy | 7 | £15,050 | 491 |
| Russanda Ripley | 7 | £1,850 | 493 |
| Shaneboy Bowie | 7 | £1,750 | 497 |
| Slaneyside Ryder | 7 | £1,750 | 486 |
| Swift Aspen | 7 | £2,000 | 486 |
| Titus Twins | 7 | £1,750 | 312 |
| Alarming Khaos | 6 | £1,200 | 480 |
| Bangor Ella | 6 | £1,400 | 684 |
| Black Eyed Hula | 6 | £1,700 | 502 |
| Bull Run Button | 6 | £6,900 | 515 |
| Crossfield Giles | 6 | £4,600 | 494 |
| Derby Blake | 6 | £1,700 | 338 |
| Dorotas Wildcat | 6 | £177,275 | 493 |
| Dower Forgold | 6 | £1,500 | 364 |
| Droopys Baggio | 6 | £2,000 | 384 |
| Droopys Blink | 6 | £1,225 | 272 |
| Droopys Stephan | 6 | £1,350 | 457 |
| Drumcrow Darcy | 6 | £1,350 | 472 |
| Geelo Blissful | 6 | £3,325 | 477 |
| Honour Turbo | 6 | £1,800 | 500 |
| King Elvis | 6 | £2,050 | 480 |
| Lotties Rocket | 6 | £1,300 | 515 |
| Oakfield Caesar | 6 | £1,400 | 552 |
| Paradise Valdez | 6 | £1,475 | 567 |
| Roxholme Hat | 6 | £4,150 | 273 |
| Rubys Rascal | 6 | £1,800 | 666 |
| Seaglass Sparky | 6 | £1,450 | 431 |
| Shaneboy Freddie | 6 | £3,500 | 493 |
| Sherlock | 6 | £1,550 | 280 |
| Slippy Maska | 6 | £2,000 | 856 |
| Snowdon Archie | 6 | £2,950 | 540 |
| Tea For Tess | 6 | £1,350 | 445 |
| Tyrur Hugo | 6 | £1,925 | 500 |
Having shown great acceleration to hit the front by two wins, Lisa Stephenson’s sprinter has been beaten three in his last three allowing Sporting Dave to close in on the lead in similar style to his Sussex Cup success.
Seamus Cahill’s runner could be joined in second slot if Bombers Bullet can pull off his own ‘Cat 1’ win in Thursday’s Stayers Classic Final at Monmore.
Connections of Chopchop Hope was probably surprised that their early leader of the table remains in contention despite only having raced twice since mid-June.
At the other end of the scale is Tony Collett’s Kentish Power who has surged into the top five slots after eight wins in his last ten outings.
