It has been more than a month since we last updated the ‘fastest of year’ table and there have been a number of additions to the table, including several not featured in other stories.

A good example is Belle Vue’s Aclamon Dodo who manged to better his own personal best for 590m with a 35.49 S1 victory – like all the times mentioned, a great tribute to the track staff in producing such a fine surface in the fourth week of December.

Technically, we should also include the 878m win of Droopys Lucinda, though it was the only race of the year over that Belle Vue trip. We have a similar scenario at Henlow where Reel Style took the year’s only eight bender.

Since last time, the remarkable Razldazl Raidio has put himself onto the chart for a sixth occasion with his 515mH victory at Hove. Thinkingofdarcy‘s 39.52 run over Central Park’s 642 metres may well be referred to in future, should the British Bred Leger winner fulfill his considerable promise in 2017.

Graded FOYs are not common but Crayford S2 runner Mystical Alfie put the Gold Collar form in the shade with a 33.44 run over the 540 metre course in early December. Mairead Ivy‘s 56.31 was much more in the spotlight after her 874m success in the Riney Boxing Day Marathon.

Harlow’s 238m is the third shortest distance on the table and Lemon Diamond equalled the year’s quickest with a 13.66 run.

Droopys Buick features five times in the toughest section of the chart – the standard distance – the most recent of those was over Hove’s 515m where he clocked 29.62. Another notable performer is Dorotas Woo Hoo – as a May ’15 whelp – the youngest on the chart, but fastest over Sheffield’s 480m.

Others in the ‘under the radar’ category include Townparks Jenny (Mildenhall 545), Holdem Bernado (Perry Barr 660) and Pelaw pair Daisys Bliss (245m) and Fearsome Code (590m).

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