Exciting puppy prospect Droopys Live (Tullymurry Act-Live Queen, May 15) put herself into Racing Post Juvenile territory with a fourth victory from five outings at Nottingham on Monday night.
The Elaine Parker trained black went to traps at 1-5f in the 480m heats of a puppy event. She was running from trap one but did not make like easy for herself after an ordinary break . . .
The winning time was an extraordinary 28.44, the fasted of the night over the distance, once again eclipsing kennelmate Candlelight Fire’s 28.58. The other qualifier went to one of Pat Rosney’s tips for 2017, Take The Crowd (Westmead Hawk-Little Flame, Feb 15) running from T4
The 9-2 winner got home by a length from kennelmate Cuba Libre (11-10f) in 28.63.
The night’s £500 sprint final saw Scolari Sound (T1 5-4f) turned over for a second time in a race won by Mac Foiche (T5 6-4). Richard Devenish’s fawn got home by two and a half lengths in 17.65 (+20) for the 305m.
