Dorotas Wildcat (Ballymac Vic-Droopys Danneel, May 15) made it 10 wins from 15 races in the Betfred Select Stakes at Nottingham with a thrilling half length, half length victory on Wednesday night.
The race went as follows with the winner in the red jacket . . . .
The 5-4f winner’s time was a fastest of night 29.61. It was the blossoming of a talent that first came to light on the same track when he clocked 29.62 on debut at just 17 months old.
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Donna Witchalls holds Select Stakes winner Dorotas Wildcat with (from left) joint owner David Usher, Betfred’s Mark Pearson and trainer/joint owner Kevin Hutton. Photo: © Steve Nash
The Select Stayers might have gone to a 4-1 chance, though it was the price of the winner that was wrong, not the winner.
Jason Bloomfield’s Russelena Reggie (Kinloch Brae-Russelena Barbie, Jul 14) ran from trap three, with Cloran Paddy the 7-4f running from four. . .
The winner clocked 17.72 sectional, faster than Roxholme Hat in the sprint open, and got home by just over a length in 44.13, just two spots outside Romantic Rambo’s track record.
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Owner Jack Newland holds the Select Stayers trophy as Russelena Reggie gets a well deserved drink from Kelli Windebank, assistant and partner of trainer Jason Bloomfield (dark top). Photo: © Steve Nash
If the press panel who chose the Select runner had been asked to nominate a ‘performance of the night’ award, both big race winners would be in there, but with what about the Seamus Cahill trained Droopys Gold (Loughteen Blanco-Droopys Force, Sep 15)? The 8-11f went from trap four in the 480m puppy open with Pete Harnden’s Salacres Koeman in six.
The winner’s time was a stunning 28.30 (+30), the fastest of the year, and the distance, two and three quarter lengths. (Swift Hoffman’s track record is 28.07)
Or what of Dropzone‘s (Sh Avatar-Bonus, Jul 15) victory in the supporting 500m open? His seventh consecutive victory?
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DROOPYS GOLD leads early on his way to an impressive Puppy Trophy win on Select night. Photo: © Steve Nash
Or maybe the successful return to racing of Tynwald Baz? Baz was the most high profile of the host track’s six locally trained winners on a sunny, busy, Nottingham summer’s evening.
His former owner and breeder would have just loved it.
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Good crowd for Select Stakes night at Nottingham. Photo: © Steve Nash