Irish racing has produced some phenomenal bitches in the nine decades since its inception. They’ve come from all eras but few have been able to consistently beat the best males: Queen of the Suir, Last Landing, Prairie Peg, Nameless Pixie, Quick Suzy, The Other Toss, Tina Marina, Springtime, Ballydoyle Honey . . . but none surely has a better record than Suzy Sapphire?
She didn’t just beat the in training to land a fourth major title, she did it a 1-3f in the Bresbet Easter Cup Final.
The greatest ever?
Saturday night also featured some more outstanding runs at Shelbourne with Ela Supremo equaling the fastest sprint seen in 2021, Crokers Spirit clocking the fastest run over the standard distance, Sentimental Lad over 575 and Magical Poppy over the 750.
At Newbridge Ballymac Snazzy clocked the fastest semi final in the unraced bitch stake. While at Cork, Runninta Shay clocked the fastest sprint of the year. Its hard to valuate the run of Dapper Anna at Thurles though the pup did win the 840 yard marathon by 13 lengths.
| CLONMEL | 29.06 | SLANEYSIDE ENVOY | (Good News-Slaneyside Misty, Aug 20) |
| CURRAHEEN PARK | 17.57 | RUNNINTA SHAY | (Laughil Blake-Droopys Pizazz, Jul 20) |
| DERRY | 27.79 | INDIAN SWIFT | (Laughil Blake-Armoy Blue, Aug 18) |
| DRUMBO PARK | 29.29 | TRIGGERS GENIE | (Sh Avatar-Genies Lamp, Oct 18) |
| DUNDALK | 28.85 | TOBER BOB | (Droopys Sydney-Tober Crash, Jan 20) |
| ENNISCORTHY | 28.81 | BALLYMAC RUN | (Bull Run Bolt-Jaytee Pearl, Nov 20) |
| GALWAY | 28.86 | DROMBEG TEN | (Grangeview Ten-Blastoff Khalesi, Aug 20) |
| KILKENNY | 29.09 | COOLANGA LADY | (Droopys Sydney-Princey Beag, Jun 19) |
| LIMERICK | 28.61 | THE OTHER KOBE | (Ballymac Best-Mountaylor Queen, Apr 20) |
| MULLINGAR | 29.58 | HEAR IT BABE | (Droopys Buick-Fionas Star, Dec 18) |
| NEWBRIDGE | 28.49 | BALLYMAC SNAZZY | (Ballymac Bolger-Ballymac Belle, Jul 20) |
| SHELBOURNE PARK | 18.41 | ELA SUPREMO | (Ballymac Best-Mashmad Eyebrows, Jun 19) |
| 28.08 | CROKERS SPIRIT | (Scolari Me Daddy-Boleys Ace, Sep 19) | |
| 29.48 | SUSIE SAPPHIRE | (Droopys Jet-Jetstream Lynx, Nov 19) | |
| THURLES | 48.23 | DAPPER ANNA | (Ballymac Eske-Designer, Apr 20) |
| TRALEE | 28.74 | ARDFERT HARRY | (Ballymac Bolger-Ballymac Arminta, Sep 20) |
| WATERFORD | 28.34 | EXPLOSIVE BOY | (Good News-Delightful Girl, Apr 19) |
| YOUGHAL | 28.97 | SLANEYSIDE BOY | (Pat C Sabbath-Slaneyside Asher, Jul 20) |
