Greyhound Derby 2009

[Karabiner]

So there I was on Saturday night in front of my PC readying myself for the greatest night of greyhound racing (which I am a most ardent fan of) on the calendar, the last 48 greyhounds left in the The Greyhound Derby at Wimbledon, and after two phone calls to customer-service, and four attempts at getting the live feed from those lovely people at BlueSq. later, finally I had achieved success, woofuckinghoo I was watching the first of the eight heats on the live stream, the 8.00pm and not only that but my erstwhile losing bet on Deanridge Fury @2.4 in that same heat had not been matched yeeha.

Suddenly my eyes glanced towards the thumbnails on the right of the screen for the other greyhound meetings that night and I remembered that Rookie had mentioned that Rodney was running in the 8.07pm. at Oxford. Well wouldn't you know it but Oxford was one of those very thumbnails, and after a moment's hesitation figuring that once I had the live stream it would be fine for all meetings I clicked on Oxford.

Everything froze.

I never saw Rodney come second and I never saw another of the seven remaining heats at Wimbledon as the live feed was not re-accessable from where I was sitting, it seems that once you have the stream do not mess with it, a harsh lesson learned.

On the plus side I did get matched @ 2.4 on Fear Zafonic, and @ 3.25 on Bandi, unfortunately I didn't get matched @ 3.1 Love Mac but neither did I get on @ 7 on Melody's Pat, all of this I learnt from www.thedogs.com several minutes after the races. Obviously the profit on the night's transactions softened the blow somewhat but I still hold Rookie 90% responsible grrrr.

[scotty2hatty]

Bad beat Karabiner, always works perfect for me. Now ship your $20 for the sweep.

[Bigfella]

Good luck to Cabra Boss and Stop The Show tonight.... only two more rounds to get through before the big one. I fancy Cabra Boss to run a big race. Hope Wise Thought gets through as I have a good bet on him.

[bolt pp]

I backed russo @25's pre, got good chances now but i can still see anyone of 6 winning it, farloe reason has run amazingly, i'd love to see that dog do it, what a warrior that dogs been, one of the best runs ive seen when it chased home russo in the quaters, to run down the dog that posts the fastest time of the comp so far like that after being 2-4 down is amazing, to run such a fast race from second, he deserves it, looks plotted up to go round behind the fast 1 dog in the semis and i cant see him not qualifying and as long as he doesnt get 1 in the final he could go round third and i can really see him picking up 2 dogs and winning the lot.

russo's chance depends on whether or not he breaks, ive never liked fear zafonic(or  ninja jamie for that matter) in the derby, they both seem to lack that little bit of early from the lids to line but then have pace to the bend and to the second, at a trappy little course like wimbledon i dont think you can afford that, especially if you're not a great finisher, ninja jamie and fear zafonic rely too much on it opening up for them between the first and second so i wasnt surprised to see ninja jamie go and i'm sure that russo can lead fear zafonic in the semis but the one dog is really pacey and could be a problem but if russo breaks like he did in the quaters and fear zafonic hits the one when it comes out russo will get a dream run and if it's on the bunny even the 5 dog wont catch it.

[scotty2hatty]

Yeah,  gogo Farloe Reason (and joga and love mac)

[The Camel]

I'm shocked Ruso isn't favourite for the Derby after his performance on Tuesday.

I'm on.

[The Camel]

I'm shocked Ruso isn't favourite for the Derby after his performance on Tuesday.

I'm on.

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii gogogogogo

[Rookie (Rodney)]

That draw has stirred things up! SICK!

I want Farloe to win it, because he is defo the dog with the most guts in the comp.

But, Zafonic for me, I just feel Lister will have him ready from his favoured red jacket, such a sick draw for him.

[The Camel]

That draw has stirred things up! SICK!

I want Farloe to win it, because he is defo the dog with the most guts in the comp.

But, Zafonic for me, I just feel Lister will have him ready from his favoured red jacket, such a sick draw for him.

Can't find the draw anywhere.

Did Ruso get drawn inside Glenard Sunrise?

[Karabiner]

That draw has stirred things up! SICK!

I want Farloe to win it, because he is defo the dog with the most guts in the comp.

But, Zafonic for me, I just feel Lister will have him ready from his favoured red jacket, such a sick draw for him.

Can't find the draw anywhere.

Did Ruso get drawn inside Glenard Sunrise?

You don't have Sky Keith ?

The draw was live after racing, from memory:

1) Farloe Reason, 2) Ballymac Ruso, 3) Fear Zafonic, 4) Kinda Ready, 5) Glenard Sunrise, 6) Wise Thought.

One or two could be wrong but I think I may have got them correct.

[Rookie (Rodney)]

LOL, the main thing about the draw was Zafonic in red!

Zafonic
Ruso
Reason
Glenard
Kinda
Thought

[Karabiner]

LOL, the main thing about the draw was Zafonic in red!

Zafonic
Ruso
Reason
Glenard
Kinda
Thought

Oh yeah, I did say maybe one or two wrong and I've had three or four glasses of vino hic....


Thank fk for greyhound racing, Glenard got me out of it again today (my only bet), what am I going to do next week ?

[The Camel]

That draw has stirred things up! SICK!

I want Farloe to win it, because he is defo the dog with the most guts in the comp.

But, Zafonic for me, I just feel Lister will have him ready from his favoured red jacket, such a sick draw for him.

Can't find the draw anywhere.

Did Ruso get drawn inside Glenard Sunrise?

You don't have Sky Keith ?

The draw was live after racing, from memory:

1) Farloe Reason, 2) Ballymac Ruso, 3) Fear Zafonic, 4) Kinda Ready, 5) Glenard Sunrise, 6) Wise Thought.

One or two could be wrong but I think I may have got them correct.

After watching the second semi I had to put Jake to bed and missed the draw!

Just wanted Ruso to be drawn inside the other Dartnall dog.

That'll do nicely

[Royal Flush]

LOL, the main thing about the draw was Zafonic in red!

Zafonic
Ruso
Reason
Glenard
Kinda
Thought

Trap 1 sure does produce on derby night

[vinni]

trap 1 is a very rare winner in the derby ,but i think this is a big bet this time around .

FEAR ZAFONIC ,for the win.