It will come as no surprise to anyone that Magical Bale clocked the fastest sectional to halfway in Saturday’s Star Sports/ARC/LPS Greyhound Derby quarter finals with his fastest time to date  (all figures are computer generated and compiled by Mark Pierrepont).

But look beneath the surface and there is so much more to discover. For example, ten of the fastest twelve to halfway made it through to the semis and the fastest five are all drawn in the same semi.

 

Magical Bale 15.02 14.63 14.63 14.55
Ballyanne Sim 14.74 14.78 14.95 14.63
Droopys Expert 15.09 14.67 15.00 14.75
Dorotas Wildcat 14.91 14.71 14.63 14.76
Priceless Blake 15.16 14.79 14.79 14.82
Queen Beyonce 14.60 14.71 14.86 14.82
Clonbrien Prince 14.92 14.68 14.60 14.91
Roxholme Glory 14.70 14.76 14.86 14.94
Nice Charmer 15.00 15.14 14.76 14.98
Ballymac Tas 15.32 15.12 14.86 15.01
Front Edge 14.99 15.04 15.06 15.03
Jaytee Taylor 15.18 15.21 15.19 15.04
Paganini Show 15.26 15.08 15.05 15.08
King Sheeran 14.88 15.09 15.10 15.11
Roxholme Jim 15.02 14.87 14.76 15.12
Lemon Ronald 15.12 15.22 15.24 15.14
Antigua Romeo 14.79 15.11 14.92 15.16
Dower Rory 15.21 14.92 15.24 15.16
Worseforwear 15.19 14.71 14.90 15.17
Wildfire Jimmy 15.21 15.41 15.08 15.20
Skywalker Logan 14.72 15.22 15.43 15.22
Lemon Shane 14.86 14.88 15.09 15.25
Droopys Verve 15.19 15.19 14.70 15.28
Master Reed 15.29 15.44 15.11 15.40