The Boylesports Champion Stakes staged its three qualifiers at Shelbourne Park on Saturday with Sentimental Lad narrowly the quickest winner. However, it was puppy Ballymac Finn, first mentioned in this column after making his debut at Tralee, who clocked the FON in a supporting 550 open.
At Limerick, the Austin Whelan owned, Pat Buckley trained pup Stream Of Sydney completed her unbeaten run through the €5,000 Kennedy Cup.
Only one meeting at Clonmel this week and only two winners broke 29.00, littermates Bockos Toffee (28.94) and Bockos Fudge were the first two runners by Irish Derby winner Lenson Bocko.
The Sprint Cup got underway at Dundalk on Saturday. Quickest on the clock was the dog with the year’s fastest time, Serene Ace (20.80). On this occasion he was a couple of lengths slower.
