Greyhound Racing Thread

[Omm]

Just gone through Saturday's card in a fair amount of detail apart from the Inter Track/Marathon/Hurdle which i have no interest in as there is so little course and distance form to go on.   Some interesting draws in some races full of railers.

Sprint looks top class.  Think the jolly in the Plate final is far too short and not certain to lead at all.

The Regency winner and King Turbo look good things in the stayers and British bred.  Bluebird looks very well drawn to get a result on home turf and his huge following on track surely on finals night.

seniors race looks competitive.  the 10.11pm invitational has four railers in it and only t4 has any early pace so could lead up and cause carnage on the inside and the two wides and both big stayers.  Will be interesting to see how they price this up. 

Non runner in the inter and hurdle I think. Like the look of Bluebird if the price is right. 2 days to go.

[scotty2hatty]

Nothing better than a 24 second sweat. Profound in the opener at Romford tonight. Finds the 400m a challenge and has been getting picked up, but I think the ones that could get to him tonight don't get the clear run. These bets I love cos if I don't win I've at least had a smal sweat. Punter. 5/2.

[Omm]

Nothing better than a 24 second sweat. Profound in the opener at Romford tonight. Finds the 400m a challenge and has been getting picked up, but I think the ones that could get to him tonight don't get the clear run. These bets I love cos if I don't win I've at least had a smal sweat. Punter. 5/2.

love a punt, glgl

[arbboy]

Me, Camel and Omm at Towcester tomorrow.  Anyone else making the trip?

[Omm]

Me, Camel and Omm at Towcester tomorrow.  Anyone else making the trip?

oi oi, added to the selfie quest.

Camel will be easy as I know what he looks like, you not so much, lol.

[Omm]

Just gone through Saturday's card in a fair amount of detail apart from the Inter Track/Marathon/Hurdle which i have no interest in as there is so little course and distance form to go on.   Some interesting draws in some races full of railers.

Sprint looks top class.  Think the jolly in the Plate final is far too short and not certain to lead at all.

The Regency winner and King Turbo look good things in the stayers and British bred.  Bluebird looks very well drawn to get a result on home turf and his huge following on track surely on finals night.

seniors race looks competitive.  the 10.11pm invitational has four railers in it and only t4 has any early pace so could lead up and cause carnage on the inside and the two wides and both big stayers.  Will be interesting to see how they price this up.  

Non runner in the inter and hurdle I think. Like the look of Bluebird if the price is right. 2 days to go.

I actually fancied the withdrawn dog in the inter after watching the 2 races last week and again a few times on replay, with that withdrawn i thought the fav t2 Ashakiran would be odds on across the board so to see it 2.25 with Boyles (dont take a bet) the 2.2 with b365 or 2.1 with Unistan (dont take a bet) looks ok to me. Dog ran really strong last week and i dont see how the others make up the ground. Now he also has more space next to him. Time have been in the low 28secs the last couple of wins at the track and it has been in a few sprints so we know it has pace. Very suprised if it dopesnt go off odds on. I have had 10 pts win.


Love that Affane Party is in the sprint, has been odds on for as long as i can remember, bang railer and is in T1, fred needs to be punished for going 2.25, i have had 10 pts win. If i could have doubled up this and Ashakiran up i would be so ill be keeping an eye out for anything 2.0+(indidually)  for both to double.


Couple more thoughts to come...

[Omm]

The Derby invitation looks pretty decent, Arb has mentioned Bluebird who is running well and Innocent Times could easily have made the Final (remember what happened to Bruisers last year, lost in semi then hacked up with fastest time of night in the Invitational when all pressure was off, like the dog knew :-) ). However at the prices im going to give Magical Bale another chance with fred @ 4.33, its Derby campaign was a bit of a mare and it had trouble in running and starting its last three starts, before that it beat Innocent Times and before that Bombers Bullet. Of course it abit of a risk as some of the other dogs are the form dogs but Bale is very capable, other than Wildcat he was Hutton other Derby choice and at 100/30 I willing to give him another chance. Ive had 4 pts win.

Ive still not decided about the Plate, I have had a small 2 pts on King Kid at the start of the week when it was 7.0 but best is now 6.0, id like to take the fav on at the price. We know that i love Sporting Dave and the move to the inside traps done him well last week, 6.5 looks nice. Of course we have Sicillian's Farren and would kick myself if it won at 8.0 avaliable now. Whatever its going to be a great race. I might just leave it at the Kid. Will decide in the morning.


In the Dorando Marathon we have an Irish raider, of course i do not know much about him so im just going on the form guide but this trip is over 906 and his last 3 races over 725 in Ireland he has been finishing well. I dont mind taking a flyer at a price, could be much bigger on the exchange come race time 13.0 currently in a couple of places. Ive had 2 pts Win and may go in again on exchange if its bigger.


I will own up to greening slightly on the main event. As you know i have 4 of the dogs and want them to win in the following order Bruisers, Verve, Bombers and Wildcat. I couldnt not back Vic at 41.0, cant see it being bigger than this on the exchanges on the night (could be very wrong about that). Ive had 2 pts. So you all know to now back Whoops Jack to win the Derby (to make matters worse my Dad asked me to put £20ew at 40/1 for him, that will hurt having to hand that over if it happens, lol).


Finally as i may not get much time tomorrow night id just like to say how much fun it has been the last 5 weeks. Thanks to the guys that have got involved and also the ones that may have watched a few races because we have been quite active on the thread. Tomorrow is going to be a blast no matter what happens. Goodluck all.

[tikay]

^^^^

Have loved your sheer enthusiasm, sense of fun & excitement as to the Derby, Omm, it helped make the thread very popular & readable.

If there were a Greyhound Derby every week, the blonde Post Count would soon get back to acceptable levels.

Hope you have a great night on Saturday.

[nuros]

Yeah thanks for all the stuff thats been put up on this thread, will def find time to watch the derby tomorrow!

[Omm]

Nothing better than a 24 second sweat. Profound in the opener at Romford tonight. Finds the 400m a challenge and has been getting picked up, but I think the ones that could get to him tonight don't get the clear run. These bets I love cos if I don't win I've at least had a smal sweat. Punter. 5/2.

love a punt, glgl

Unlucky bud. 3rd.

[tikay]

Nothing better than a 24 second sweat. Profound in the opener at Romford tonight. Finds the 400m a challenge and has been getting picked up, but I think the ones that could get to him tonight don't get the clear run. These bets I love cos if I don't win I've at least had a smal sweat. Punter. 5/2.

love a punt, glgl

Unlucky bud. 3rd.

Tosser.

[scotty2hatty]

Shambles. Didn't even get my sweat.

[Karabiner]

I'm really sorry Mark, Omm, Camel and Jake that I won't be able to join you lot tomorrow evening and not just because I am a miserable old git.

I've really enjoyed The Derby this year, even more so since I thought I wouldn't be able to watch each and every heat as I have done for the last few years. The craic on here has been great as have the tips put up by Arb especially, Omm and Scotty too. I have Verve and Bruiser's safely in the final and have taken some cover on Wildcat and Jack so prepare yourselves for one of the two rags to hose up.

I'll be scouring Twitter for updates and hopefully a few pics of Omm's brood and maybe the whole gang together.

[scotty2hatty]

Rag??? How dare you!

[Omm]

Fastest Sectional for tmrw nights race looks like this:

Jack 5/4
Verve 5/2
Wildcat 5/2
Bruisers 8/1
Vic 25/1
Bombers 33/1

Cant have Verve same price as Wildcat, I get that Whoops Jack is fav however if you look at the sectionals over Derby rounds so far its 3-2 to Jack vs Verve, of course Whoops has the joint best sectional ( I think or 2nd best) for the whole Derby). But a one off race with Verve in form is 5/2 a bit of value? Arb, thoughts?


jack vs Verve last 5 races:


5:09 vs 5:19
5:21 vs 5:20
5:12 vs 5:13
5:23 vs 5:20
5:14 vs 5:22