He might have gone to meet his maker but Tullymurry Act has moved into joint top position on the open race sires table for the first four months of the year.
The Keith Allsop owned Irish Derby finalist has left behind many outstanding offspring over the years and none any more popular than King Elvis whose recent retirement to stud provides an outstanding opportunity for British breeders to tap into the Top H0ncho sire line.
Other Act offspring in the headlines this year include Droopys Live, Lightfoot Janna, Clash, Droopys Denny, Galloping Moon and Brinkleys Rosie to name but six.
It seems only a matter of time before Laughil Blake heads the table, though he has plenty of time and is engaged in a third place ‘early pace tussle’ with Droopys Jet.
Sire | Prog | Av.m | Win £ | Win |
Kinloch Brae | 55 | 549 | £27,020 | 97 |
Tullymurry Act | 46 | 468 | £30,150 | 97 |
Droopys Jet | 58 | 450 | £32,220 | 84 |
Laughil Blake | 43 | 401 | £31,850 | 82 |
Superior Product | 24 | 468 | £23,150 | 57 |
Tyrur Big Mike | 24 | 412 | £18,625 | 49 |
Ballymac Vic | 22 | 433 | £13,675 | 44 |
Romeo Recruit | 24 | 490 | £10,650 | 39 |
Zero Ten | 22 | 504 | £8,150 | 35 |
Taylors Sky | 21 | 482 | £8,575 | 32 |
Paradise Madison | 15 | 467 | £7,185 | 30 |
Storm Control | 11 | 535 | £8,850 | 30 |
Aero Majestic | 13 | 651 | £19,968 | 28 |
Scolari Me Daddy | 18 | 484 | £7,000 | 27 |
Droopys Cain | 16 | 533 | £8,125 | 25 |
Farloe Blitz | 13 | 387 | £6,400 | 25 |
Ballymac Eske | 11 | 616 | £26,350 | 23 |
Confident Rankin | 10 | 453 | £5,150 | 22 |
Droopys Sydney | 9 | 446 | £5,600 | 22 |
Iso Octane | 9 | 512 | £10,375 | 21 |
Droopys Nidge | 9 | 535 | £15,450 | 20 |
Loughteen Blanco | 6 | 516 | £6,400 | 20 |
Eden The Kid | 7 | 484 | £5,200 | 18 |
Makeshift | 7 | 476 | £4,300 | 17 |
Head Bound | 8 | 531 | £3,875 | 15 |
Skywalker Puma | 11 | 515 | £4,150 | 15 |
Droopys Scolari | 5 | 430 | £13,700 | 14 |
Vans Escalade | 10 | 424 | £8,325 | 14 |
Azza Azza Azza | 6 | 557 | £3,475 | 12 |
Rio Quattro | 7 | 421 | £3,545 | 12 |
Candlelight King | 5 | 502 | £2,825 | 11 |
Drumcrow Obama | 3 | 478 | £3,250 | 11 |
Godsend | 8 | 498 | £2,450 | 11 |
Crash | 8 | 482 | £3,400 | 10 |
Ballymac Matt | 4 | 463 | £2,250 | 9 |
David Bale | 3 | 618 | £2,750 | 9 |
Tarsna Havana | 3 | 619 | £2,800 | 9 |
Trade Freddie | 3 | 576 | £2,650 | 9 |
Knockglass Billy | 5 | 426 | £2,700 | 8 |
Over Limit | 6 | 474 | £2,100 | 8 |
Viking Jack | 4 | 530 | £2,250 | 8 |
Vulturi | 5 | 593 | £2,600 | 8 |
Paradise Silva | 3 | 390 | £1,700 | 7 |
Pinpoint Maxi | 4 | 441 | £1,700 | 7 |
Sparta Maestro | 6 | 482 | £2,125 | 7 |
Holdem Spy | 3 | 549 | £1,350 | 6 |
Leamaneigh Turbo | 2 | 420 | £11,300 | 6 |
Lemon Pumba | 2 | 493 | £1,500 | 6 |
Top Savings | 2 | 644 | £1,875 | 6 |
King Elvis’ dam Skate On is in second place in a dam’s table which continues to be dominated by Droopys Loner.
Mark Gilbert’s bitch is five winners clear but has contributions from three different litters. The most recent addition is probably the fastest of all her offspring, Droopys Davy who won a heat of the Scottish Derby.
Unfortunately, Loner’s ‘big race’ tally is way short of what might be expected from a dam who also thrown hounds of the class of Davy and fellow Droopys, Martial, Bonucci and Georgio. But there is still time, particularly with her latest Droopys Roddick litter.
There is of course an interesting back story to this. Skate On finished runner-up in the 2012 Oaks Final with Loner back in fourth. So what happened to the rest of the finalists?
The winner of the final was Skate On’s kennelmate Droopys Hope, who barring a Gymcrack finalist in Riverside Escape, produced nothing else of note.
Third placed Forest Mollie threw a number of minor open racers, the best known being Jet Stream Snowy. Fifth placed Lemon Velvet appears regularly as an open race dam with her ‘Honoour’ pups, notably Jet and Turbo.
Aero Scramble was a non-runner. She later produced a couple of litters but nothing of note.
Dam | Prog | Av.m | Win£ | Wins |
Droopys Loner | 7 | 522 | £8,050 | 21 |
Skate On | 6 | 430 | £8,200 | 16 |
Glengall Girl | 3 | 458 | £3,450 | 14 |
Silver Dollar | 5 | 406 | £13,450 | 14 |
Swift Louis | 4 | 496 | £3,100 | 13 |
Droopys Knox | 5 | 510 | £3,100 | 11 |
Droopys Force | 2 | 493 | £3,650 | 10 |
Mays Bonus | 2 | 540 | £3,250 | 10 |
Ah Go Away | 1 | 280 | £10,300 | 9 |
Ardrahan Maid | 3 | 576 | £2,650 | 9 |
Auntie | 2 | 349 | £2,850 | 9 |
Ballymac Scarlet | 4 | 484 | £2,975 | 9 |
Droopys Cyclone | 4 | 525 | £2,300 | 9 |
Kilara Belle | 3 | 482 | £2,950 | 9 |
Locnamon Millie | 3 | 587 | £2,275 | 9 |
Old Refrain | 2 | 723 | £22,750 | 9 |
Shaws Dilemma | 3 | 487 | £2,400 | 9 |
Winning Impact | 2 | 682 | £2,500 | 9 |
Zaras Fantasy | 2 | 317 | £2,800 | 9 |
Abrakebabra Bee | 1 | 470 | £2,500 | 8 |
Creamery Diva | 2 | 631 | £2,250 | 8 |
Droopys Isabella | 4 | 450 | £2,300 | 8 |
Fear Emoski | 3 | 569 | £4,500 | 8 |
Galloping Maeve | 2 | 510 | £2,950 | 8 |
Malls Pet | 4 | 530 | £2,250 | 8 |
Racecourse Wowie | 2 | 485 | £2,000 | 8 |
Sizzling Sarah | 2 | 609 | £2,600 | 8 |
Slick Sapphire | 2 | 764 | £4,100 | 8 |
Sporting Dame | 4 | 509 | £2,850 | 8 |
Zaras Princess | 2 | 685 | £1,950 | 8 |
Ballyregan Fifi | 1 | 406 | £9,600 | 7 |
Beaming Olive | 3 | 390 | £1,700 | 7 |
Droopys Posh | 4 | 484 | £1,700 | 7 |
Greenwell Mo | 2 | 563 | £1,775 | 7 |
Newinn This Way | 4 | 485 | £1,700 | 7 |
Precious Story | 5 | 660 | £2,370 | 7 |
Singing Hen | 3 | 397 | £2,250 | 7 |
Swift Naomi | 2 | 336 | £1,700 | 7 |
Whiteys Buddelia | 1 | 390 | £2,900 | 7 |
Yahoo Perlena | 3 | 434 | £2,250 | 7 |
Allowdale Nokia | 3 | 470 | £1,850 | 6 |
Ardrine Lunar | 2 | 651 | £1,750 | 6 |
Body Clock | 2 | 644 | £1,875 | 6 |
Droopys Hilda | 2 | 485 | £1,550 | 6 |
Droopys Sylvia | 2 | 487 | £1,700 | 6 |
Forest Mollie | 2 | 511 | £2,050 | 6 |
Headford Maura | 3 | 486 | £2,100 | 6 |
Illkeyou | 1 | 400 | £11,300 | 6 |
Kiltrea Ally | 3 | 843 | £12,668 | 6 |
Laughil Liz | 1 | 265 | £1,700 | 6 |
Laughil Lucy | 1 | 363 | £1,800 | 6 |
Lemon Velvet | 2 | 493 | £1,500 | 6 |
Live Queen | 2 | 625 | £1,675 | 6 |
Marlfield Taylor | 5 | 378 | £1,525 | 6 |
Minor Winner | 3 | 351 | £1,750 | 6 |
Newinn Expert | 4 | 417 | £1,950 | 6 |
Rocking Ruby | 3 | 517 | £1,400 | 6 |
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