The highlight of the week? The Night Of Stars at Shelbourne.
The best two performances?
With the track far from flying, and the clock almost irrelevant, it has to be the two Holland runners Clonbrien Hero and Sonic on the basis of the style of their victories and the calibre of the opposition.
Among the smaller stake finals, Sober Java clocked the fastest time of the week and won the week’s biggest event at Kilkenny. The ‘Clydal’ runners have featured at Longford for many years and one of their number Clydal Amy picked up a 570 stake final this week.
The Tralee nomination was simple enough with 20 month old Saleen Princess clocking the fastest 525 of the week in a bitch puppy unraced stake. March pup Eds Gift also clocked the week’s quickest run at Clonmel
| CLONMEL | 28.81 | EDS GIFT | (Rio Quattro-Tyrur Izzy, Mar 16) | |
| CURRAHEEN PARK | 29.56 | BALLYHOOLY FIN | (Makeshift-Lemon Mel, May 15) | |
| DRUMBO PARK | 30.29 | FANE ZEEMA | (Hondo Black-Fane Blur, Aug 14) | |
| DUNDALK | 28.57 | PIPERHILL WILLOW | (Droopys Cain-Royal Willow, Oct 15) | |
| ENNISCORTHY | 28.90 | SOUTHEST BOUND | (Head Bound-Southest Suzie, Jul 15) | |
| GALWAY | 28.92 | BOW STREET | (Head Bound-Black Eyed Boss, Nov 15) | |
| KILKENNY | 29.09 | SOBER JAVA | (Zero Ten-Tullowmac Java, Jul 15) | |
| LIFFORD | 19.14 | ARDAGH ROWAN | (Laughil Blake-Heathlawn Pearl, May 16) | |
| LIMERICK | 29.01 | BLISTERING JET | (Droopys Jet-Tour Ali, Jun 16) | |
| LONGFORD | 31.24 | CLYDAL AMY | (Godsend-Clydal Spirit, Dec 14) | |
| MULLINGAR | 19.02 | BECTIVE FIDEL | (Tullymurry Act-Bective Venus, Aug 15) | |
| NEWBRIDGE | 28.79 | OAK TREE BEAUTY | (Head Bound-Burnt Oak Beauty, Jul 15) | |
| SHELBOURNE PARK | 29.62 | CLONBRIEN HERO | (Razldazl Jayfkay-Trout Or Salmon, Apr 15) | |
| 32.41 | SONIC | (Knockglass Billy-Vickis Dream, Jun 14) | ||
| THURLES PARK | 28.97 | WHIZZING TORNADO | (Sparta Maestro-Express Haze, Nov 15) | |
| TRALEE | 28.55 | SALEEN PRINCESS | (Droopys Jet-Saleen Kerry, Mar 16) | |
| WATERFORD | 28.75 | MINGLERS VENOM | (Taylors Sky-Minglers Suarez, Apr 16) | |
| YOUGHAL | 29.19 | SLANEYSIDE STEEL | (David Bale-Marriage Wrecker, Dec 15) |
