It would get too complicated to award the Performance of the Week to a beaten dog, though you could make a legitimate case for Ballymac Cashout following his narrow defeat in Shelbourne Park’s Gold Cup. The Dowling puppy probably left eight lengths on the track. But credit to the gutsy Inforapenny who battled hard for his win. His winning time was a moderate 28.97, though he has 28.28 winning for two races previously. On a slow track, Ballymac Art produced the most notable clocking on the night.
There was once again some cracking racing in the Rural Hawaii Unraced at Clonmel – there will be a string of quality open racers emerge from this stake – with local trainer Graham Holland up to his ears in young talent. Quickest, and one of the youngest, was Jackslittlething (formerly Bandicoot Julius) with a 28.51 run. From the same dam line as Toms Delight, Shellam Delarno etc, he is bred to be a bit special.
The presentation of trophies after Inforapenny won the final of the 2021 Best Car Parks Gold Cup. Michael Dempsy (Acting Racing Manager Shelbourne Park) and Conor Motherway holding the winner – photo Imelda Grauer
| CLONMEL | 28.51 | JACKSLITTLETHING | (Droopys Sydney-Limini, Aug 19) |
| CURRAHEEN PARK | 31.30 | WITCHES ETHIOPIA | (Head Bound-Witches Belle, Jan 18) |
| DUNDALK | 28.95 | PATANJALI | (Droopys Sydney-Ballymac Razl, May 17) |
| GALWAY | 18.94 | KILLANIN SKY | (Taylors Sky-Wrathchild, Sep 18) |
| KILKENNY | 29.52 | TOWN HOPE | (Crash-Ardrahan Zinzi, Oct 17) |
| LIMERICK | 28.69 | RALLYING JOY | (Pat C Sabbath-Beaming Coyote, Sep 18) |
| MULLINGAR | 29.61 | PAGESTOWN JACK | (Greenwell Hulk-My Ross Lass, Apr 18) |
| NEWBRIDGE | 29.12 | LEINSTER LEO | (Skywalker Farloe-La Linea, May 19) |
| SHELBOURNE PARK | 28.97 | INFORAPENNY | (Farloe Rumble-Rios Girl, Apr 18) |
| 28.55 | BALLYMAC ART | (Ballymac Best-Art Of Illusion, Jan 19) | |
| THURLES | 31.48 | MAGICAL JASPER | (Head Bound-Laughil Louise, Jul 17) |
| TRALEE | 17.75 | TOKENFIRE BLAZE | (Laughil Blake-Market Glory, Jul 18) |
| WATERFORD | 29.05 | CATRIGG CAIMAN | (Droopys Jet-Catrigg Cove, Aug 18) |
| YOUGHAL | 28.97 | CHUNKY EXILE | (Laughil Blake-Kilcash Earner, Jul 18) |
