January has traditionally been the quietest month of the year and 2020 was no exception.
The tracks staged a total of 274 open races, much on par with last year, aided by comparatively mild weather. The only ‘bad Jan’ in the last five was in 2017 where frost caused widespread cancellations.
In terms of winning hounds,step forward Bubbly Buster (Laughil Blake-Express Micro, Jun 16) who won four of his five outings, finally being beaten at Romford on Friday night.
When it comes to breeding, Droopys Jet is ‘doing a Wallis’ – hitting the front early and a short priced favourite to land the open race sire’s title.
There are three ‘Droopys’ in the top five sires list with the dam’s table also dominated by a Dungarvan resident in Droopys Hilda, whose lead would have been extended on the first day of February thanks to Roman Empire’s victory at Monmore.
