IRISH PERFORMANCES OF THE WEEK

It is a tricky call for the top performance at Cork this week given Velvet John Joe broke the 550 yard track record. But the nod goes to Graham Holland’s Produce Stakes winner Clonbrien Hero who land the final of the Irish Laurels.

Elsewhere, Junior Jet went quickest in the first round of a high quality Irish Sprint Cup at Dundalk.

Meanwhile Airmount Tess is one race away from defending her Corn Cuchulainn title after winning her semi final in a FOY at Shelbourne.

A number of pups broke 29.00 at Galway this week though the quickest was Caislean Fifi.

Although Enniscorthy’s 600 yard trip is not used often, Tycoon Prince deserves the nod after the quickest run in four years. The Lifford nomination could not be more straightforward. Puppy Quezon Cian made it four from four and beat his own FOY recording with a 28.46 (TR 28.25) run in the Guys And Dolls semi final. Litter brother Brigadier Gerard was quickest over the standard course at Longford.

With no other obvious candidate at Limerick, Atonement gets the nomination for a FOY over the lightly used 575 course while Pennys Luna made it four from four in a 575 yard final at Newbridge. Code Flash became the third greyhound this year to clock 28.72 (FOY) for 525 at Thurles.

Gaffers Beauty and Searchforahero went quickest over the respective Waterford and Tralee six bend courses though the latter is edged over the more widely used standard by Ahavoher Beauty.