The star of the week must be Irish Derby champ Good News who looked far from ring rusty with a 29.53 550 run at Limerick – just four spots slower than his previous best run over course and distance and three spots quicker than his Golden Muzzle win last year.
Meanwhile back at Shelbourne Park, Jaytee Yankee gets the nod for the fastest semi win in the Gold Cup, though the second nomination goes to pup Slippery Jade, just 19 spots slower than the other semi. Meanwhile at Cork, another ‘Jaytee’ the veteran Jaytee Dutch produced the quickest run in the Gain Cup.
Pups recording the fastest time of the week for the standard trip always feature strongly in this column and this week’s qualifiers include Clonmel youngster Coolavanny Ella, Brownstown Tango at Newbridge, Melodys Emmy at Tralee and Drumbo’s Harton Blitz.
| CLONMEL | 28.75 | COOLAVANNY ELLA | (Tyrur Big Mike-Yahoo Perlena, Apr 16) |
| CURRAHEEN PARK | 28.56 | JAYTEE DUTCH | (Droopys Scolari-Chin Gach Gook, Sep 13) |
| DRUMBO PARK | 28.64 | HARTON BLITZ | (Ballymac Eske-Miss Blitz, Jul 16) |
| DUNDALK | 21.59 | TOEMS PEARL | (Vans Escalade-Scotchrath Doll, Oct 15) |
| ENNISCORTHY | 29.32 | FOREST RIVAL | (Tullymurry Act-Forest May, Jul 15) |
| GALWAY | 19.39 | ROSSROE MAGIC | (Mafi Magic-Lovely Lark, May 16) |
| KILKENNY | 29.45 | OLDBURRIN DIVA | (Droopys Jet-Kingsmill Jane, Jul 16) |
| LIFFORD | 19.40 | COLARHOUSE DAISY | (Scolari Me Daddy-Colarhouse Lady, Sep 16) |
| LIMERICK | 29.53 | GOOD NEWS | (Definate Opinion-Pippy, Nov 14) |
| LONGFORD | 29.25 | COOLRONAN RODNEY | (Sparta Maestro-Rocknroll Baby, Oct 15) |
| MULLINGAR | 29.67 | EMZE DELL | (Kinloch Brae-Arsenal Lady, Jun 16) |
| NEWBRIDGE | 29.12 | BROWNSTOWN TANGO | (Taylors Sky-Moynevilla Babe, Mar 16) |
| SHELBOURNE PARK | 28.35 | JAYTEE YANKEE | (Droopys Jet-Basket Of Trumps, Aug 15) |
| 28.63 | SLIPPERY JADE | (Slippery Fred-Kildallon Maid, May 16) | |
| THURLES PARK | 29.47 | BALLYHI SWIFT | (Head Bound-High Dawn, Oct 13) |
| TRALEE | 28.74 | MELODYS EMMY | (Laughil Blake-Melodys Diamond, Aug 16) |
| WATERFORD | 28.86 | YOU LITTLE PEARL | (Droopys Cain-You Little Rose, Oct 15) |
| YOUGHAL | 29.27 | KAISER THUMB | (Droopys Cain-Ballyvadd Fly, Jul 15) |
