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The Gain Select Stakes at Waterford tops this week’s events and another quality performance from Pat Guilfoyle’s Cabra Hurricane when adding to his Longford Derby from earlier in the year. Meanwhile the biggest event in the North, the Gold Cup at Drumbo Park, went the way of Bakery Lane.

The issue of ‘juvenile’ events once again rears its head at Clonmel where Bitcoin Cian produced an impressive run in the second round of the Munster Puppy Cup. However, once again, our POW nomination goes to a slightly slower hound on the night. Ballydoyle Grace might have only clocked 28.81 in an A3 event, compared to Cian’s 28.64, but she is six months younger!

For the first six months of 2018, we concentrated a lot on ‘fastest of the year’ performances. However, apart from the odd few rarely used trips, it is rare to see one set on a slow November track. Step forward Eager Lady with an impressive 17.47 for Newbridge’s 325 yards.

Another virtual guaranteed nomination goes to any pup clocking the fastest time of the week for the standard. When that youngster is only 20 months old, and the track is Shelbourne Park, step forward, Tullig Footpad. Patanjali might be 40 spots off the fastest ‘750’ of the year, but given her age, she definitely looks one for the notebook.

Finally at Thurles, three winners out of James Quinlan’s fine brood Tullowmac Java. The nomination goes to Bull Run Banter with a 31.46 run for the 570 yards. That is just 30 spots slower than the fastest clock of the year, run by half brother Bull Run Bullet

CLONMEL 28.81 BALLYDOYLE GRACE (Kinloch Brae-Fear Emoski, Mar 17)
CURRAHEEN PARK 29.65 BEEPERS PADDY (Ballymac Vic-Leigh Fancy, Nov 14)
DERRY 27.93 BAY CITY BONNIE (Droopys Jet-Arbitrage, May 16)
DRUMBO PARK 28.43 BAKERY LANE (Hondo Black-Montblanc, Mar 15)
DUNDALK 28.77 VERRAZANO (Swift Hoffman-Mark Street Lass, Aug 16)
ENNISCORTHY 29.01 MANUKA MAN (Kinloch Brae-Ballydoyle Honey, Mar 17)
GALWAY 28.88 CONFUSED REILLY (Scolari Me Daddy-Confused Breda, Feb 16)
KILKENNY 28.92 NUTTY BETH (Laughil Blake-Express Micro, Jun 16)
LIFFORD 28.95 GABBYS MILA (Head Bound-Brickhill Elsie, Sep 15)
LIMERICK 18.76 AIRFIELD BIDDY (Tullymurry Act-Airfield Mistake, Oct 16)
LONGFORD 28.89 WERE OFF (Droopys Cain-Ardera Diana, Sep 15)
MULLINGAR 29.52 EMZE DELL (Kinloch Brae-Arsenal Lady, Jun 16)
NEWBRIDGE 17.47 EAGER LADY (Ballymac Vic-Cat Girl, Aug 15)
SHELBOURNE PARK 28.27 TULLIG FOOTPAD (Droopys Jet-Tullig Bonnie, Mar 17)
  41.66 PATANJALI (Droopys Sydney-Ballymac Razl, May 17)
THURLES PARK 31.46 BULL RUN BANTER (Romeo Recruit-Tullowmac Java, Nov 16)
TRALEE 28.50 HEADLEYS NANCY (Laughil Blake-Minor Winner, Nov 16)
WATERFORD 28.29 CABRA HURRICANE (Kinloch Brae-Cabra Ebony, Sep 16)
YOUGHAL 29.05 SLANEYSIDE MISTY (Over Limit-Slaneyside Selma, Dec 16)