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THE four quarter-finals of the Broad- way Petfoods A3 525 with €10,000 to the winner were top of the bill at the College Road venue on Saturday last. In Heat 1 the Ger Burke of Mil- town Malbay handled Jacksies Nicki (T3) was all the rage to retain her unbeaten record in the competition in this opening quarter final but she totally missed the break as market ri- val Brother Lee (T6) showed every- one a clean pair of heels to get home in 29.05.
Favourite backers were back on good terms in heat 2 as the Larry
O’Shea owned James Roche trained Gogetemaura(T3) made all to defeat the closing Burnpark Adam owned by Mary Browne of Cree by a length and a quarter in 29.11.
An all graded eleven race pro- gramme greeted racegoers on a miserably wet Thursday night. The best performance of the night came in the A3 graded tenth contest over 525 yards as the Mrs Janet Downes of Killaloe owned Tell Me Skinner showed fine pace down the back straight as he defeated favourite Crown Emperor (T1) by seven and a half lengths in 29.10.
Race 2 was turned into a procession
by the promising looking Carkhills Express (T2) owned by Robert Carkhill of Ennis, who won by 17 and a quarter lengths.
There was a big shock in race three as the outsider of the sextet, the John Fitzgerald of Kilrush owned Ler Fe- derer (T6) came home a length and three parts ahead of Seehan Jake.
Race 4 saw the trap three runner Ry- lane Kewell(Droopys Kewell-Baby Rumble) record an eye catching de- but success by five lengths in 29.27. The Donal Duggan of Newmarket- on-Fergus owned runner led by two lengths from Tyrur Hoban at halfway and although that rival briefly looked
a threat Rylane Kewell pulled right away up the home straight for an em- phatic success.
The Fanore based Gone At Three Syndicate were in top form follow- ing Race 7 as their Last Ace Pot (T1) trained by Seamus Fahy left his ri- vals toiling in his wake as he defeat- ed Tyrur Venus(T2) by six and three quarter lengths in 29.90.
Race 8 saw the John Carey of Kil- rush owned Cracking Crash (Crash- Elmhurst Ellen) taking command at the penultimate corner as he strectched clear for a four and a half length victory in 29.71.
On Friday night’s card, Killaoe
trainer Michael Downes’ good run continued when winning the first race with Tell Me Rocco in a time of 29.72. He later recorded a double in race 9 as Orlov Dolly (T6) owned by his wife Janet proved 3&1/2 lengths to good for the staying on Grandas Mica (T5) in 29.84.
The bumper went to Ballaghboy Crash owned by the ever popular Jerry Moloney of Doora who showed fine early pace and had a six and a half lengths win in 30.80 for the 550 trip. Other Clare winners on the night were Classical Moments for Frank Browne of Quin and Ler Aviator for John Fitzgerald of Kilrush.