Title holder Banabane was beaten but scraped through to her second Coral Brighton Belle final at Hove on Thursday night.
Seamus Cahill’s runner went from trap six with eventual winner Away Shelly in trap four. . .
The four-runner second semi went to form with Tony Bullen’s Beechers Spirit just holding on from trap five. . .
The performance of the night though probably went elsewhere. Droopys Giorgio (Droopys Cain-Droopys Loner, Aug 15) was impressive in a 515m open with arguably the best run of his career to date, a 29.68 victory.
However that was surely matched by 19 month old Droopys Perfect (Laughil Blake-Droopys Posh, Aug 16) who won for the sixth time in his nine race career in 16.30 in a 285m sprint open.
On a satisfying night for the Cahill kennel, Karlow Turbo returned followed a minor operation to land a 695m open in 41.53, just 20 spots off his personal best over course and distance.
Black Toms Brae (Kinloch Brae-China Doll, Aug 14) made an impressive six bend debut to produce the performance of the night at Monmore
The litter brother to Derby winner Astute Missile and top stayer Karlow Turbo – who had won his comeback race at Hove five minutes earlier – was made the 6-4f for his 630m open and he went from trap four
Corren Price’s brindle became the first hound to break 38.00 in almost three months in a time of 37.98 (N). It was his fourth win in his last five races.
