FASTEST OF YEAR

There are 14 new additions to the table since our last update which is surely great testament to track staff defying the worst of the winter weather.

There is only one place to start – a new Newcastle sprint track record for Ballymac Sexton in a graded race at Newcastle. His 16.69 was five spots inside Walshes Hill high quality previous best.

How many tacks in Britain would dare to give a dog of Sexton’s calibre a graded race?

The most productive meeting was the Golden Jacket card at Crayford where four new times were added. Perhaps the most interesting was Slippy Maska‘s 56.04, just two spots quicker than her own ‘Fastest of 2017’. They are the two fastest runs over the 874m course in the last five years, quicker even than Roxholme Dream (56.27).

Equally as impressive was Lightfoot King becoming only the second hound to break 29.00 for 483m at Doncaster, just six spots outside the track record. A magnificent testament to the track staff was that Roxholme Poppy was only five spots off the fastest 661m last year, jointly held by Dinnington Lady and Mexican Peso.