FAT BUDGIE, having shaved the track record in the heats the previous week, equalled the best time for the standard trip in the second semi-final of the Rochestown Park Hotel Stakes at Curraheen Park on Saturday night.

A SUB 28.00 run by a dog at Curraheen Park is now clearly on the horizon after Coolmona Dave flew around the circuit in a dazzling 28.14, clipping .07 off the old record, in the opening semi-final of the Macroom Motor Services Stakes on Saturday.