Donation will have an opportunity at redemption in next week’s Brighton Coral Belle Final after landing the quickest semi final on Thursday night.

One of the few middle distance bitches who can hold her own against the best dogs in training, Heather Dimmock’s bitch boasts a Hove record of 9/11. One of those two defeats was behind Shaneboy Freddie in the final of the 2017 Sussex Cup Final, for which she started as the 7-4f.

The fastest female over course and distance in the last five years (29.54), Donation finds herself in a ‘much better than average’ Belle Final which also features the ’17 finalist Ballymac Miscula, the in-form Dodgers Drum and the only bitch to beat her at Hove, Rackethall Jess.

As for the draw. . .? It will be the third time Donation has worn black at Hove. The first time was in her defeat by Rackethall Jess. The second she won in 29.59!