Tom Heilbron dominated the opening round of the Arena Racing Company Grand Prix at Sunderland on Friday night. 

The Newcastle handler sent out two winners including the night’s quickest qualifer Darbys Delight. He has three through to next week’s semi final. Although the opening round was bloated by graders, 11 of the top 12 in the betting across the four qualifiers made it through to produce two very competitive semi finals next Friday.