Droopys Rodger smashes Dundalk sprint record

DROOPYS RODGER, a son of English Derby winner Droopys Scholes and also trained by Ian Reilly, smashed the track record when winning the opening second round heat of the Bar-One Racing Irish Sprint Cup over Dundalk's 400 yards on Friday.

A 4-1 chance in the betting, Droopys Rodger produced a career best effort as he stormed to a seven length victory over Clerragh Tom in 21.06, an improvement of five spots on the old mark set by Mabels Dilemma when winning the final of this classic a year ago.

The Ger Holian trained Mabels Dilemma, in only his second race since last year's final, gained a narrow victory in 21.59 when beating Express Comet and Mango Tango by half a length and a length.