Sometimes it is hard to find an outstanding performance at a track; sometimes there are several. A great example is at Cork where Kilmonney Nala clocked the fastest time in the Supersprint semis, Aulton Jet won for the 18th time in his last 20 races but the nod went to Ballymac Sarahjo’s fastest 525 of the year.
There were a string of others producing best 2017 times for the standard distance including Nutri Bullet at Dundalk, Ballybough Dad at Kilkenny, Sandy Recruit at Longford, Droopys Magician at Newbridge and Emers Twirl at Thurles
There was some sibling rivalry at Drumbo where Whistling Brandy’s 28.73 earned the edge over Whistling Mall’s 28.91. Enniscorthy staged their first sprint of the year though Rathsilla Messi’s winning time put him among the quickest three times in all of 2016. Meanwhile at Lifford, Homeless Darkie added the ‘fastest 550’ to a similar achievement over the 575 yard trip.
| CLONMEL | 29.08 | HUMBLE STAR | (Kinloch Brae-Golden Pride, Jan 14) |
| CURRAHEEN PARK | 28.20 | BALLYMAC SARAHJO | (Ballymac Vic-Starwood Bound, Jul 14) |
| DRUMBO PARK | 28.73 | WHISTLING BRANDY | (Mall Brandy-Maggies Whistle, Nov 14) |
| DUNDALK | 28.37 | NUTRI BULLET | (Godsend-Keiles Blossom, Apr 14) |
| ENNISCORTHY | 19.36 | RATHSILLA MESSI | (Forest Master-Clean Linen, Oct 12) |
| GALWAY | 28.94 | TYRUR BIRDY | (Ballymac Vic-Kilbannon Tess, Oct 14) |
| KILKENNY | 28.94 | BALLYBOUGH DAD | (Ballymac Vic-High St Miley, Feb 15) |
| LIFFORD | 30.29 | HOMELESS DARKIE | (Godsend-Keiles Blossom, Apr 14) |
| LIMERICK | 28.45 | HOVEX MICK | (Confident Rankin-Coolavanny Molly, May 15) |
| LONGFORD | 28.97 | SANDY RECRUIT | (Romeo Recruit-Cronody Sophie, Jul 14) |
| MULLINGAR | 29.56 | SPRINGWELL JOSIE | (Godsend-Springwell Eva, Jan 15) |
| NEWBRIDGE | 28.82 | DROOPYS MAGICIAN | (Tullymurry Act-Droopys Blossom, Sep 14) |
| SHELBOURNE PARK | 28.31 | KILGRANEY DENVER | (Kinloch Brae-Lady Kilgraney, Aug 14) |
| THURLES PARK | 28.80 | EMERS TWIRL | (Top Honcho-Droopys Ivy, Sep 14) |
| TRALEE | 29.86 | FARLOE JOEY | (Top Honcho-Air Force Ellie, Dec 13) |
| WATERFORD | 40.76 | CAYAN TOWER | (Kinloch Brae-Park Halo, May 14) |
| YOUGHAL | 17.57 | NEMOS MIA | (Droopys Scolari-Calling Val, Oct 14) |
