Defending champion sire Droopys Jet – who died last year – looks certain to take his third consecutive sire’s championship with a comfortable lead of almost 100 open race wins going into the last three weeks of the year.

But there has been an incredible effort by ‘rags to riches’ sire Droopys Sydney who has an astonishing 24% strike rate.

The brilliant Forest Natalee heads the dam table with 41 victories – up to Sunday (does not include Signet Ace’s Eclipse win on Monday). ‘Marathon mum’ Volcano’s 32 wins have come from only six offspring.

Our thanks to greyhoundstats.co.uk for the data.