A month ago, in his column, Graham Holland described Murts Boher as ‘a pup I really like the look of”.
That confidence proved well placed when the Larry O’Rourke owned pup landed the Munster Puppy Cup at Clonmel on Sunday night.
Elsewhere, it is a fairly quiet period with slow tracks and few sparkling runs. As a result, there are a large number of nominations simply allocated to the ‘fastest 525 winner of the week’.
One of the exceptions is Droopys Saga whose 28.08 at Shelbourne is exceptional in its own right, being the second fastest time of the year, and the quickest run by a female over course and distance in almost two years. Another Portlaw born hound, Droopys Neymar, clocked the joint second fastest time of the year at Tralee. 28.26 in November will always be worthy of mention being just eight spots short of Droopys Biker’s benchmark.
| CLONMEL | 28.50 | MURTS BOHER | (Tullymurry Act-Ballyregan Paws, Jan 17) |
| CURRAHEEN PARK | 29.68 | TREE TOP SALLY | (Droopys Jet-Blue Aero, Oct 16) |
| DERRY | 27.97 | TARMAC BOOTS | (Droopys Jet-Kilara Jade, Sep 16) |
| DRUMBO PARK | 17.74 | LEEVIEW PADDY | (Sir Paddy-Leeview Lady, May 16) |
| DUNDALK | 21.42 | BALLYMAC CONTE | (Romeo Recruit-Ballymac Cameo, Apr 17) |
| ENNISCORTHY | 29.14 | HOT DIGGITY DOG | (Sparta Maestro-Grayslands Swan, Sep 15) |
| GALWAY | 28.81 | HEATHLAWN RIVER | (Makeshift-Heathlawn Gold, Jun 16) |
| KILKENNY | 29.01 | GOING PLACES | (Droopys Cain-Going Voting, Sep 15) |
| LIFFORD | 30.46 | COOLOGUE RAGNER | (Skywalker Farloe-Russanda Razl, Sep 16) |
| LIMERICK | 28.62 | ANNAGH BILLY | (Boherna House-Moanteen Beauty, Sep 16) |
| LONGFORD | 28.93 | WERE OFF | (Droopys Cain-Ardera Diana, Sep 15) |
| MULLINGAR | 29.49 | CASANOVA | (Kinloch Brae-Arsenal Lady, Jun 16) |
| NEWBRIDGE | 28.94 | NATIVE GREETING | (Fabregas-Native Gypsy, Jan 17) |
| SHELBOURNE PARK | 28.08 | DROOPYS SAGA | (Aero Majestic-Droopys Coast, Jul 16) |
| 30.79 | OUR SURPRISE | (Tullymurry Act-Corduff Flame, Oct 16) | |
| THURLES PARK | 29.04 | PUKKA SWIFT | (Rio Quattro-Hiphip Who Razor, Jul 16) |
| TRALEE | 28.26 | DROOPYS NEYMAR | (Yeah Man-Droopys Hilda, Aug 16) |
| WATERFORD | 28.76 | BALLINTEE BLAZE | (Sidarian Blaze-Tyrur Izzy, Jan 17) |
| YOUGHAL | 29.13 | ARDERA BANNER | (Royal Impact-Talitas Girl, Apr 15) |
