Waterford pair have strong hand in National
Not alone did their reigning champion Distant Legend clock a brilliant best of the night 29.09 in the concluding heat but they also turned out Lisacaha King to win Heat 2 in 29.25, while their The Other State was a good second behind Junior Mac in 29.22.
Lisacaha King produced the upset of the night as he came from well off the pace to beat the hugely hyped UK jumper Platinumlancelot in 29.25.
Another mighty impressive winner was Laura and Cillian Crowley’s Toomaline Jack as this Dolores Ruth trained speedster clocked 29.12 in beating Nebuchadnezzar by three lengths.
The second round will be run on Friday and the draw is:
Heat 1: 1 Fortfield Meg; 2 Forest Tyson; 3 Get Me Ma; 4 Nebuchadnezzar; 5 Cranley Bound; 6 Love Lynx (m).
Heat 2: 1 Lisacaha King; 2 Catunda Dylan; 3 Cashen Zig; 4 Lodge Magic (w); 5 Shelbourne Lola (w); 6 Toomaline Jack (w).
Heat 3: 1 Navajo Hailpin; 2 Time Me; 3 Little Boy; 4 Junior Mac; 5 Platinumlancelot; 6 The Other State (w).
Heat 4: 1 Ballymac Freddie; 2 Plane Daddy; 3 Bigstrongpup; 4 Giddy Half Hour (m); 5 Winning Spirit (m); 6 Distant Legend (w).
Draw for Sunday’s second round of the Munster Puppy Cup at Clonmel:
Heat 1: 1 Killalcolla Glory; 2 Hovex Jaz; 3 Not Now Bertie; 4 Colorful Champ; 5 Clover Commander; 6 Noelles Kido (w).
Heat 2: 1 The Other Triger; 2 Tango Roy; 3 Pick Up Harry; 4 Cashen Noel;
5 Fatboyz Tyson (m); 6 Faypoint Dave (m).
Heat 3: 1 Waycross Minka; 2 Cabra Exclusive; 3 Skywalker Cindy; 4 Kevins Star (m); 5 Ballyneale Bull (w); 6 Southwind Bob (w).
Heat 4: 1 Buzz Doc; 2 Kingsmill Honcho; 3 Golfus; 4 Piercestown Pet; 5 Marshals Gold (w); 6 Ballyneale Dun (w).
