The star of the week was Clonbrien Hero in the Irish Leger Final at Limerick. It was a third classic win – albeit subject ot a stewards inquiry into the Laurels – but no one could deny that the Graham Holland trained runner has been one if Ireland’s most consistent top class performers for two seasons.
Elsewhere, Stefans Wee Bro was a thoroughly deserving winner of the £5,000 Tennents Gold Cup at Drumbo Park. Jumeirah Lolls won the Shelley Fennelly Memorial Bitch Stake at Curraheen Park.
Vintage Year clocked the fastest semi final win in the Newbridge Oaks, Paridise Morocco did something similar in the Munster Juvenile at Clonmel. Puppy Droopys Ant added to her 12 length winning debut with an 11 lengths win at Waterford, only marginally slower than the Gain Select semi winners. There was a new FOY, admittedly on a new lightly used 350 trip at Mullingar, by Gunboat Rising.
| CLONMEL | 28.83 | PARADISE MOROCCO | (Tyrur Big Mike-Alexandra, Sep 15) |
| CURRAHEEN PARK | 28.31 | JUMEIRAH LOLLS | (Kinloch Brae-Tiermana Hawk, Oct 15) |
| DRUMBO PARK | 28.58 | STEFANS WEE BRO | (Superior Product-Wee Bee, Apr 15) |
| DUNDALK | 28.40 | FRISKY LEADER | (Taylors Sky-Grab A Rose, Oct 15) |
| ENNISCORTHY | 29.58 | ASHWOOD JOAN | (Laughil Blake-Na Dubh Tire, Feb 16) |
| GALWAY | 28.81 | ROCKMOUNT ELLIOT | (Zero Ten-Paradise Maria, Aug 15) |
| KILKENNY | 29.08 | BALLYBOUGH MURT | (Superior Product-High St Miley, Oct 15) |
| LIFFORD | 18.97 | TITANIC STEVIE | (Kinloch Brae-Hather Heather, Jan 16) |
| LIMERICK | 29.60 | CLONBRIEN HERO | (Razldazl Jayfkay-Trout Or Salmon, Apr 15) |
| LONGFORD | 28.87 | FUERTY LU | (Taylors Sky-Fuerty Flash, Mar 16) |
| MULLINGAR | 19.35 | GUNBOAT RISING | (Vans Escalade-Lacken Sylvia, Aug 15) |
| NEWBRIDGE | 28.86 | VINTAGE YEAR | (Zero Ten-Doodle Doo, Aug 15) |
| SHELBOURNE PARK | 28.35 | TRINITY SADARA | (Taylors Sky-Trinity Castle, Nov 15) |
| 31.09 | BEARA GIG | (Ballymac Vic-Doonalley June, Aug 15) | |
| THURLES PARK | 31.23 | SELLOUT MAGIC | (Head Bound-Dance Judy, Sep 14) |
| TRALEE | 28.77 | DARRAGH JET | (Tyrur Big Mike-Black Eyed Vieri, Mar 16) |
| WATERFORD | 28.38 | DROOPYS ANT | (Droopys Ward-Droopys Dance, Dec 15) |
| YOUGHAL | 29.28 | WAGGA MATT | (Taylors Sky-Mulberry Ace, Sep 15) |
