Bombout Bullet is a best priced 8/13 with Star Sports for this afternoon’s ARC National Sprint Final at Nottingham.
The Belinda Green trained black is unbeaten in the event (heats semis) and has drawn red for the third time. Locally bred Romeo Crusade is next in at 9/2, followed by 5/1 Bluejig Ophelia (heats semi), 12/1 Ellanne Best, 16/1 Starcast Best, 22/1 Fair Joe.
Bubbly Scorcher is the 4/7f for this afternoon’s Ladbrokes Boxing Day Marathon at Crayford.
Sisters She Loves You and Antons Maggie are 9/2 and 13/2 respectively, they then bet 15/2 Maleficent, 16/1 Jamies Rocky, 20/1 Brennans Rose
For our Greyhounds to Follow in 2024, we turn to champion trainer Mark Wallis for his selections.
Remembering 2023 – June
- There is to be a 13% increase in prize money for the Irish Derby which will now be €300K.
- Greyhound racing was mourning the passing of one of its most successful breeders and owners, Wanny Fenwick
- Fastest sectionals to halfway in the English Derby 1strd-15.54 Clona Duke, 2ndrd-15.61 Swords Rex, 3rdrd-15.62 Distant Podge, quarter final-15.64 Swords Rex, semi final-15.59 Swords Rex
- GBGB Trainers representative Peter Harnden believes the penalty “disproportionate” after Mark Wallis is fined £5,000 for the over supplementation of Ironcyclen. Wallis appeals the fine.
- Former GRA Senior Racing Manager Bob Rowe celebrates his 80th birthday with a video message from one of his heros, ex-Luton Town player and manager Mick Harford.
- Irish raider Flashing Willow beats the best British based sprinters in the ARC Silver Salver at Central Park
- Droopys Sydney’s feat of siring a third of the remaining 24 runners in the English Derby quarter finals is reviewed in a Breeding Ground feature
- Monmore/Nottingham trainer Paul White announces immediate plans to exit greyhound racing
- GBGB injury and retirement data for 2022 reveals continued improvement. The rehoming rate is 95%, injury rates are 1.2%.
- Figures released by the Irish Coursing Club show that Droopys Sydney was the busiest Irish sire in 2022 with 173 litters.
- Former trainer Rebecca Perkins is given a 36 week prison sentence for cruelty and neglect
- Representatives of Towcester and GBGB hold talks with protest group Animal Rising in the week before the English Derby Final. However, police swoop and make arrests before the final takes place.
- Local trainer Harry Burton enjoys his biggest success (to date!) in the ARC Puppy Cup final at Sunderland.
- The revamped Central Park circuit is unveiled by owners the Arena Racing Company. In the course of the £500K upgrade, they discover that the circumference of the track had originally been measured incorrectly by 11 metres. All race distances are adjusted accordingly. At 454m, the Central Park circuit is only one metre smaller than Hove.
