If Julie Collier decides to give up TV presenting, she could probably get a job as ‘fixer’ writes Floyd Amphlett.

Having asked two days ago for a mention for the Ruby Anniversary Ball, to celebrate 40 years of the Retired Greyhound Trust, the recently appointed organiser followed up with a ‘thanks, but no thanks’ mail to say that all tickets had been sold.

The industry’s good and great will be out in their droves at the Grand Connaught Room on June 7 as the RGT acknowledges the 70,000 greyhounds they have homed.

To think – if they’d given her a week, Ms Collier could probably have filled Hyde Park!