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SEVEN first round heats of the Oran- more Maree Soccer Club dominated Thursday’s card where the perform- ances here were very good for this event.
John Sloyan’s Ballycrissane Lass was the fastest of the first round here as she really put on a good perform- ance when running away with heat Web ustee
Nearest on the clock again was the Davy Curtin trained Tom And Gerry who took the last heat of the night in the 11th race. Corker Man in trap three was the early leader but Tom
And Gerry in trap five was always a danger and taking the lead off the last bend this well bred fellow pow- ered on from here to beat Corker by over six lengths in a time of 29.19 seconds. The slow starting Flans Fancy was back for third.
Heat one kicked off in the fifth race and here the Martin O’Brien trained Hotfoot Lorrimer made all to get the ball rolling in this stake. Breaking well from trap three. Hot- foot was chased all the way by trap one Carhue Charmer and trap two Pinegrove Glory, but he was never in any trouble and galloped on to beat Carhue by three and a half lengths in
a time of 29.48 seconds. Pinegrove was just under two lengths back for Wen bKee
Another trap to line effort from Gort came about in heat four as the Noel Mullins trained Malbay Bart in trap two put another career best run to take this one.
Coming away well this fellow shot clear of trap four Salthill Swirl early on and ran on from here to beat him by six lengths in a time of 29.32 sec- onds. The slow starting Pony Mile in trap one was just under two lengths oy: 1O) Qu KO MmnOvE KOE
Evans Machine in trap three came away fastest in heat five and led early
but went slightly off at the second bend where trap one Connemara took over and led down the back straight. Trap five Riverside Spice was third here with Evans in front of him in MUD M OMAR BDA TeAKO Stakes
On the run off the last bend Evans made a go back at Connemara but the Sean Hunt trained tracker held on and took this by half a length in a time of 29.69 seconds. Evans was second with Riverside staying on for third.
A pups 525 saw the Paul & PJ Coon- ey owned Lantern Legacy just held on for this one. Taking the lead by the first bend from trap five Lantern
was followed all the way by Twins Allo who made an effort to get up on the leader on the run for the line but Lantern held on to beat Twins by a neck in a time of 29.94 seconds.
A real close one came about in the second race as the Peter Divilly owned Crafty Presento in trap three took this one albeit in slower style. Botox Blue was the leader most of the ways from trap six followed by Crafty and Waterlane Style in trap four. On the run to the line four of them formed a line and in a good finish Crafty got up there to pip Wa- terlane by a neck in a time of 30.28 seconds.