A shortened version this week with no Newbridge, Thurles or Longford racing due to the extreme weather conditions in Ireland.
This column is a big fan of fastest Laurels qualifier Rockbay Foley but on this occasion the Cork nomination goes to the fastest sprinter of the year to date, Butterbridge Bex.
The Shelbourne ‘double nomination’ – brought about following the increase in racing after Harolds Cross closed – could not be simpler with the two Graham Holland trained litter brothers Slippy Cian and Lenson Blinder taking the semi finals of the big 550 stake in identical times.
The Performance of the Week award is also shared by two comrades. January pup Mays Brave Eagle was just four spots off the fastest 525 of the week at Dundalk, while Mays Buywise was quickest over the standard in the unraced stake at Waterford.
For those who haven’t spotted it yet – the two pairs of littermates are out of Perry and May Aylward’s brood Global Liberty (Westmead Haw-Droopys Cher).
| CLONMEL | 29.07 | RIVERSIDE TIGER | (Kinloch Brae-Duck Fat, May 16) |
| CURRAHEEN PARK | 17.37 | BUTTERBRIDGE BEX | (Aero Majestic-Kranky Leona, May 15) |
| DERRY | 29.19 | DRUMCROW BENJI | (Paradise Madison-Drumcrow Natasha, Apr 16) |
| DRUMBO PARK | 17.89 | JAMAICA JUNE | (Droopys Jet-Jamaica Jane, Oct 16) |
| DUNDALK | 28.58 | MAYS BRAVE EAGLE | (Over Limit-Global Liberty, Jan 17) |
| ENNISCORTHY | 29.07 | HARD LUCK JAMES | (Tyrur Big Mike-Karlow Ming, Sep 16) |
| GALWAY | 19.07 | BURNPARK OSCAR | (Laughil Blake-Burnpark Beauty, Jan 16) |
| KILKENNY | 40.53 | JAVIELENKO | (Ballymac Eske-Droopys Hilda, Sep 15) |
| LIFFORD | 19.34 | COOLATEE MOLLY | (Superior Product-Thrill A Minute, Aug 16) |
| LIMERICK | 28.69 | AIR PILOT | (Skywalker Puma-She Goes Nowhere, May 16) |
| MULLINGAR | 29.99 | CLONDOTY CHARLIE | (Farloe Tango-Roeview Madam, Jan 16) |
| SHELBOURNE PARK | 29.55 | SLIPPY CIAN | (Crash-Global Liberty, May 16) |
| 29.55 | LENSON BLINDER | (Crash-Global Liberty, May 16) | |
| TRALEE | 28.52 | SMEARLA DAZZLE | (Razldazl Jayfkay-Smearla Federal, Aug 16) |
| WATERFORD | 28.60 | MAYS BUYWISE | (Over Limit-Global Liberty, Jan 17) |
| YOUGHAL | 29.07 | CURRAGH KITE | (Ballymac Matt-Moyar Kite, Dec 15) |
