Cloran Paddy fastest in Derby quarter finals
Hiya Butt remains unbeaten
Six Irish runners in quarter finals
Heat 1
Cloran Paddy clocked the fastest time of the night after giving a start and beating to Jaytee Dutch and Lenson Rocky. The Charlie Lister trained white who had been beaten in his previous seven outings had shown Sheffield racegoers early in the year that he had great ability if he could secure a clear passage through his races. On this occasion, the son of Westmead Hawk was quite brilliant as he reeled in the two Irish runners for a short head success in 28.02, the second fastest time of the event.
Heat 2
Southfield Jock has suffered only one defeat to date and produced another front running performance to land heat two. Seamus Cahill’s black, who stamina was in question in his puppy year, showed no signs of folding despite having the strong running Shaneboy Freddie on his tail throughout. The winner clocked 28.24.
Heat 3
Hiya Butt remains the only unbeaten runner in the 2016 following another flawless performance. Hayley Keightley’s black has a very simple style ‘bang gone’ and he employed the same tactics to take take the third qualifier. He was followed home by the impressive Jaytee Jet whose ‘start slowly take them on the outside’ style almost saw him home. Oh for another 20 metres!
Heat 4
Bubbly Turbo has been one of the finds of the event and he gave a surprising start and beating to Ballymac Brogan. The real race was for third with kennelmates Droopys Roddick and Lenson Sanchez virtually wiping out each others chances. In the end, it took another lung busting effort for Roddick to take the last qualifying place.
