Keshas Magpie (Tamoshanter-Marinas Breeze, Jan 14), the youngest runner on the card, recorded the fastest time of the night at Newbridge on Friday. Contesting only her second race, the black clocked 28.74 run on going rated .20 slow. The following night, litter sister Baht At Breeze was an 11 length, FON winner at Drumbo Park.
June McCombe’s Mollys Diamond (Slip The Lark-Droopys Kvitova, May 12) confirmed her position as Belle Vue’s leading graded runner with a 27.98 victory in A1 on Friday. It was her fourth win, with one second place, in her last five local outings.
No Derby involvement for Ted Soppitt this year, but the County Durham trainer made the most of the opportunities afforded by Sunderland’s Friday night opens. His Calzaghe George clocked a 27.16 to complete a double for the kennel It had been initiated by promising 19 month old Calzaghe Teddy (Head Bound-Cornamaddy Daisy, Oct 13). The black made all to win in a very respectable 27.34.
While five year old dogs are no longer a rarity on Irish tracks these days,Discovery Flight raised the bar at Tralee last week. The son of Ballymac Maeve, who will be seven in September, won a 325 sprint in 18.22. Meanwhile Blue Monty clocked 16.56 when winning a sprint at Clonmel of Thursday. The son of Hondo Black will be six years old in July.
