Sunderland Tips for tonight
Joe Conneely has looked over the three PGR Classic semi-finals with Jonathan Hobbs.
Eight open races at Romford tonight
Two £500 finals at 8.54 (four bends) and 9.11 (six) highlight the London Road card.
The 400m contest has a pair for Dan Brabon on the inside. Guys & Dolls runner-up Dower Pat has the inside of Breaghmore Paudy who was a recent winner in front of the Gone To The Dogs cameras. Fratton Bark got the better of the second named in the opening round for Gemma Evans but a draw in four outside Paul Young’s Shirleys Boy is not ideal. Maxine Locke has the outside pair in Droopys Pharoah and Dannys Gem in a race littered with sub 3.70 sectionals.
The 575m race sees a pair of heat winners for Mark Wallis. Mad For Sterling was quicker than Pepinthestep by 14 spots in the heats, the latter a neck in front of Droopys Bluechip for Gemma Evans. That trio could dominate with Wallis also represented by Cashen Eliza while Paul Young has Jeopardy Jasmine and Bacon Frazzles completes the contest for Paul Burr.
Three Category One events start on Sunday
The English Puppy Derby gets underway at Towcester in the afternoon. Crayford take over in the evening with the opening round of the Jay & Kay Coach Tours Gold Collar and the Ladbrokes Grand National.
Ante-post markets are live for all three with the prices quoted the most common.
English Puppy Derby
11/2 Ballymac Kobe 6/1 Innfield Storm, Skeard Josie 10/1 Bombay Birch 12/1 Ballymac Lucia, Winscale Wonder 14/1 Ballymac Blanco, Bombay Ben 16/1 King Jackson, Racketball Brute, Romeo Alonso 18/1 Ballymac Florie, King Pavarotti, Sporting Garnet, Vhagar 20/1 King Iggy, Majella, Newinn Cloud 25/1 Bombay Bingo, Thor Odinson 28/1 Chelms Skint 40/1 bar
Jay & Kay Coach Tours Gold Collar
7/2 Queen Georgia 9/2 Aayamza Sydney 8/1 Wrighty 9/1 Icemans Girl 10/1 Slick Sabo 16/1 Droopys Eunice, Moaning Rossi, No Better Feelin, Princess Athena 20/1 Allowdale Cazoo, Ballymac Kinga, Bangon The Clock, Bockos Sapphire 25/1 Miss Syd, Moaning Mason, Swift Depot, Untold Paanga, You Two 28/1 Kanturk Mills 33/1 bar
Ladbrokes Grand National
2/1 Signet Harper 3/1 Harlequin Ernie 7/2 Mickys Tribute 10/1 Four From Two, Patterdale Zorro 12/1 Dazl Hermes 16/1 Tracys Sydney 33/1 bar
Coosane Pickles withdrawn from Derby Plate
Michael O’Donovan’s charge has been taken out of Saturday’s race in season.
The October 22 daughter of Droopys Sydney was the quickest in the opening round heats last week. She was the outright favourite for The Michael Fortune Memorial Derby Plate. That position is now held by Knockeen Dazzler at 4/1 with the sponsors, Boylesports.
Star Pelaw to host schooling trials
Star Pelaw, owned by Star Sports, has been granted permission by the GBGB to run schooling trials. The start date will be Thursday 5th December and then one Thursday per month thereafter.
The schooling trials will adhere to the rules and regulations set out by the GBGB and is a massive opportunity for young greyhounds in the local area as they no longer need to travel a substantial distance to be schooled, which is the case at the moment.
Not only will it be beneficial for the youngsters, but for those greyhounds coming back from injury. Trials can be booked by contacting the track on 0191 410 2141 or via email at [email protected] subject to space availability.
There is a charge for schooling trials which is £10 per solo trial and £7 per dog in a mixed trial.
Star Sports quotes
Kim Sanzone, Head of Greyhound Racing Operations at Star Sports, said: “We are delighted to be in a position to offer schooling trials at Star Pelaw going forward, it is something I have been wanting to put in place since I was made aware that Star were purchasing the track. I believe this shows further commitment to our trainers as well as the wider greyhound community.”
David Gray, Racing Manager at Star Pelaw, said: “With three GBGB licenced tracks in the local area, the North East has always been a hotbed of British breeding. This will be a welcome boost for trainers looking to school their pups. Jimmy Fenwick, Stuart Ray and Savva Roberts at Newcastle and Jill Sutherst at Sunderland are all well known for the quality of their home-breds and hopefully this will assist with their greyhounds’ education.”
PGR Schedule changes at Christmas
PGR has released their changes for fixtures over the rapidly approaching festive period.
There will be no evening fixtures on December 24, 26 and 31, nor on January 1. All afternoon fixtures will be 10-race cards with the final race of the day run at 17:24. Naturally, there will be no racing on Christmas Day.
Stats
- Trapstyle Henrik – 3.57 Crayford – 5/8 in A5 from trap six.
- Highview Roots – 4.41 Kinsley – 5/9 from trap four.
- Trapstyle Jacks – 4.53 Crayford – 5/8 in the orange jacket.
- Alwaysspotterless – 4.56 – Oxford – 5/9 in A1 grade from trap two.
- Savana Littlelegs – 5.14 Oxford – 6/11 from trap three.
- Jasmine Lilly – 5.59 Oxford – 5/8 when running in D1s.
- Devilsbit Honey – 6.08 Sheffield – 8/13 in A3s.
- Laughil Larry – 7.41 Sunderland – 7/10 from stripes.
- Coologue Sam – 8.52 Harlow – 10/17 from trap four.
- Tease Me – 9.14 Sunderland – 7/8 at the track so far.
Opens
Friday: Romford ♦ Sunderland
Saturday: Oxford♦Perry Barr
