THE fastest timefigure on the flat in Ireland and Britain in the period under review came from an unexpected source. Of the hundreds of five-furlong races at Dundalk since the track opened nearly a decade ago, very few have managed to break 58.0s, and none has been faster than the 57.08s recorded by Primo Uomo in Friday week’s opener.

There have been quite a few good horses who have tried, and the previous record was held by the very fast Caspian Prince from a spell when he was not far behind the best sprinters around. This was also against a backdrop of the Dundalk surface having been slower than usual of late, which is what it also appeared to be later on Friday’s card.