Four big finals head this week’s ‘performances’ table and all went to the leading fancies.
It started with a win for the ultra consistent Karlow Crean in the McCalmont Cup at Kilkenny on Friday.
Bentekes Bocko went unbeaten through the €80,000 Kirby Memorial at Limerick with a 28.39 run following a 28.37 semi victory.
Crafty Trivago has dominated the Cork Oaks but had to dig deep to land the final following early trouble. While at Mullingar, Vivaro Swift completed a four timer to land the Wallace/Murray Irish Cesarewitch.
Elsewhere, there were fastest of year ‘525s’ for Talking Tactics at Drumbo and Black Eyed Peppa at Longford, plus the quickest sprint at Dundalk for Old Fort Mill. With no outstanding performance at Lifford, the nod goes to the fastest sprinter of the week, Smurfing Convoy at a month short of his fifth birthday
| CLONMEL | 28.81 | LEEVALLEY DANCER | (Ballymac Vic-Goulane Bailey, Feb 15) |
| CURRAHEEN PARK | 28.32 | CRAFTY TRIVAGO | (David Bale-Noelles Swiftco, Mar 15) |
| DRUMBO PARK | 28.48 | TALKING TACTICS | (Kinloch Brae-Give Some More, Jun 14) |
| DUNDALK | 21.18 | OLD FORT MILL | (Top Savings-Cabra Nipper, Nov 14) |
| ENNISCORTHY | 30.71 | STRICTLY SAND | (Piercestown Sand-Piercestown Pet, Sep 14) |
| GALWAY | 29.00 | YOUNG BOSS | (Black Shaw-Gold Dust Lady, Jul 13) |
| KILKENNY | 29.08 | KARLOW CREAN | (Ace Hi Rumble-Karlow Ming, Jun 14) |
| LIFFORD | 19.02 | SMURFING CONVOY | (Droopys Scolari-Greenlough Paula, May 12) |
| LIMERICK | 28.39 | BENTEKES BOCKO | (Tullymurry Act-Tullig Paula, Feb 15) |
| LONGFORD | 28.91 | BLACK EYED PEPPA | (Big Daddy Cool-Black Eyed Boss, Oct 14) |
| MULLINGAR | 33.23 | VIVARO SWIFT | (Droopys Scolari-Coolbeg Gemma, Nov 13) |
| NEWBRIDGE | 29.27 | CASTLEHILL WALLY | (Tyrur Sugar Ray-Drumurrer Vixen, Oct 15) |
| THURLES PARK | 28.92 | KNOCKROE SAM | (Droopys Scolari-Monadreen Star, Oct 14) |
| TRALEE | 28.60 | AN BHANRION JANE | (Definate Opinion-Vicraz, May 15) |
| WATERFORD | 28.59 | BALLINTEE ANNIE | (Ballymac Eske-Tyrur Izzy, May 14) |
| YOUGHAL | 17.73 | IS HE MOVING | (Scolari Me Daddy-Ballydorgan Lass, Jul 15) |
