The performance of the week must go to Vahsel Bay winning for the third consecutive time in the third round of the Produce Stakes at Clonmel. Martin White’s bitch who won in 28.75 for Nottingham’s 480m back in March clocked the fastest time of the night in Tipperary with a 28.49 run.
One of the few finals to come to a head was the Weadick 25 at Kilkenny where Droopys Smasher maintained her reputation with a fine performance over the 725 yard trip. At Tralee, Barefoot Painter put in another decent run in the fastest quarter final of the Lee Strand (550) where he has three of the four fastest times of the year.
Among the ‘fastest of year’ runs was a 30.59 run by Elusive Star over Enniscorthy’s 550.
Finally, there was a fastest ‘570’ of the year for Gotham Girl at Longford on a night when the entire meeting of 11 races was staged over that trip.
| CLONMEL | 28.49 | VAHSEL BAY | (Wise Thought-Dream On Rose, Jun 15) |
| CURRAHEEN PARK | 28.34 | DROOPYS ZAZA | (Tullymurry Act-Droopys Solange, Jul 15) |
| DRUMBO PARK | 28.64 | TAKE THE CALL | (Kinloch Brae-Dooey Cranky, Oct 13) |
| DUNDALK | 28.64 | MILLDEAN MARIE | (Superior Product-Borna Gem, Jul 15) |
| ENNISCORTHY | 30.59 | ELUSIVE STAR | (Tubbertelly Dubh-Break For Two, Sep 14) |
| GALWAY | 29.17 | TIME FOR WORK | (Razldazl George-Spioraid Cath, Oct 13) |
| KILKENNY | 40.75 | DROOPYS SMASHER | (Aero Majestic-Droopys Hilda, Sep 14) |
| LIFFORD | 29.02 | LISNASTRANE GOLD | (Sparta Maestro-Sheeraghs Scamp, Nov 14) |
| LIMERICK | 28.58 | CNOC BEAG | (Kinloch Brae-Cnoc Lauryn, Jul 15) |
| LONGFORD | 31.17 | GOTHAM GIRL | (Blackstone Gene-Rathglass Annie, Oct 13) |
| MULLINGAR | 29.72 | DOUBLE PUNCH | (Paradise Madison-Diggers Rest, Sep 15 |
| NEWBRIDGE | 30.14 | KYLEHILL STRAUSS | (Tullymurry Act-Kylehill Eugenie, Oct 14) |
| THURLES PARK | 29.29 | DEMON CAUSE | (Superior Product-Lass Cause, Aug 15) |
| TRALEE | 29.92 | BAREFOOT PAINTER | (Ballymac Vic-Kilara Cher, Apr 15) |
| WATERFORD | 28.47 | COCO BLAZE | (Blonde Snapper-Coco Pop, Mar 15) |
| YOUGHAL | 29.39 | BEECHERS SPIRIT | (Superior Product-Swinley Bottom, Oct 15) |
