sky greyhound 2011 and greyhound discussion thread

[turny]

greyhound threads on blonde used to be a good crack and also very informative but since the banishment of the likes of rookie, mcbag and bolt interest died a wee bit.

i know there are a few blondes out there who still enjoy the fantastic sport of greyhounds and here's hoping we can resurrect the topic here.

Sky's excellent coverage begins tomorrow evening with the final of the betfair prestige stakes, i will post my selections/bets for the evening somewhere between now and then.

be great if as well as people posting their fancies we get some greyhound talk going past and present.

here's hoping

turny

[turny]

below is a list of sky coverage for the first 7 months of the year

JANUARY
       
Tuesday 11th Betfair Prestige at Hall Green
 Sky Sports 2 7:30pm

Wednesday 19th
 Coral Coronation Cup at Romford
 Sky Sports 4
 7:30pm
       
FEBRUARY       
Tuesday 8th
 William Hill Springbok at Wimbledon
 TBC TBC
       
MARCH       
Tuesday 1st
 Racing Post Juvenile at Wimbledon
 TBC
 TBC
 
Tuesday 22nd
 Betfair Trainers Championship
 TBC
 TBC
 
Wednesday 30th
 Arc at Swindon
 TBC
 TBC
 
       
APRIL
       
Saturday 16th
 Bettor.Com Scottish Derby
 TBC
 TBC
 
Tuesday 19th
 Betfair Blue Riband at Hall Green
 TBC
 TBC
 
Wednesday 27th
 Bettor.Com Puppy Derby at Peterborough
 TBC
 TBC
 
       
MAY       
Wednesday 4th
 TV Trophy at Sittingbourne
 TBC 
 TBC 
 
Tuesday 10th
 Coral Regency at Brighton and Hove
 TBC 
 TBC 
 
Saturday 28th
 Greyhound Derby 3rd Round at Wimbledon
 TBC 
 TBC 
 
Tuesday 31st
 Greyhound Derby Quarter Finals at Wimbledon
 TBC 
 TBC 
 
       
JUNE       
Saturday 4th
 Greyhound Derby Semi Finals at Wimbledon
 TBC 
 TBC 
 
Saturday 11th
 Greyhound Derby Final at Wimbledon
 TBC 
 TBC 
 
Tuesday 28th
 Betfair Pall Mall at Oxford
 TBC 
 TBC 
 
       
JULY       
Thursday 14th
 William Hill UK Festival at Sunderland
 TBC 
 TBC 
 
Tuesday 19th
 Gymcrack at Hall Green
 TBC  TBC 
 
Tuesday 26th
 Coral Sussex Cup at Brighton and Hove
 TBC
 TBC     
 

[turny]

looks like no f@ckers interested but il persevere lol

looks a decent card tomorrow but competitive but after early studying i think we might find a few winners tomorrow. will post selections in the morning when the rest the bookies have priced up.

[vegaslover]

I'll certainly be interested in following it, but know pretty much feck all about it. Just never took to picking up on form etc on the dogs like I did with the horses.
Have only been to Hove on social nights out, though usually end up with a small profit.
Don't go regulalrly at all nowadays, but noticed the last time I went that are still plenty of the 'droopy's ' dogs about down there

[Horneris]

My Dad used to have a greyhound which ran called Pebble Dasher. It was mev, all black and used to win its fair share of races and my 16 year old self would get involved with a £20 win single.

It still lives with my parents now, although its been renamed Dill, not sure wtf that is about.

[MajorMajor]

I always struggle to find a racecard for the sky sports dogs. I'm probs just looking in the wrong places, u have a link maybe?

[turny]

I always struggle to find a racecard for the sky sports dogs. I'm probs just looking in the wrong places, u have a link maybe?

racing post you cant beat it .

http://www.racingpost.com/greyhounds/card.sd#resultDay=2011-01-11

[turny]

ok well on to tonight, hall green a track i have never been to but looks nice enough and seems to attract most of the top dogs so must be a decent running track.

tonights selections

7.40pm
the night begins with a puppy event.mark wallis has a bitch in this so has to be respected but i favour the 6 dog here saxon warrior. progressed nicely through the grades at monmore and looks perfectly drawn here with 5 having a habit of tracking to the rails on the run up. a repeat of an excellent trial would be enough
selection:trap 6 saxon warrior 9/4 nb

8.00pm
stayers event over 645 made up mainly of dogs that failed to reach the prestige final at 9.40pm. looks a 2 dog race to me between 2 barnfield rocky and bower surfer. rocky ran well last week but suprisingly failing to last home and narrowly failing to qualify for the final. surfer on the other hand ran a poor race behind te favourite for the final my opinion is he may have just needed the run.
in the past surfer has normally got the better of rocky, he is a faster animal when things go right and tonight i think they will.
selection:trap 3 bower surfer 5/2

8.15pm
a hurdles event over 480 metres sees a lot of the usual suspects in opposiltion. first thing i noticed was how far big strong pup is from the rail, which instantly had me trying to make a case for the 6 dog (which i cant). not a race to get hugely involved in but il side with the class dog in the race sizzlers spirit hoping he avoids pup early.
selection:trap 4 sizzlers spirit 7/4

8.35pm
the sprint race over 258 metres sees alot of the big names missing, no juimmy lollie,rotar wing, king lee or slick citi to contend with it gives a chance for up and coming speedsters to stake a claim.jolly poacher has been around a while successfully reverting from 4 bends back to 2 bends but my feeling is he is drawn to far from the rail to trap as smartly as he can. this race is all about the draw and redbrick droopy drawn red can blast out hold its position at the bend win this.
selection:trap 1 redbrick droopy 9/4

8.50pm
an 8 bend marathon other 892 metres. i love bitches in these races especially bitches in form. ministry magpie has beaten ayamzagirl fair and square at both romford and crayford in recent weeks and i expect her to confirm that superiority tonight from an ideal birth.
selection:trap 1 ministry magpie 6/4

9.10pm
another 645 metres contest over 6 bends.odell faith has been in great form at nottingham and looks a force to be reckoned with over these sort of distances but didnt impress here when beaten favourite last week. bodell clare was also disappointing when leading last time and wouldnt normally get caught. its bodell clare for me, i think she is just about ready to show her true running and a trap to line win looks on the cards.
selection:trap 1 bodell clare 2/1

9.25pm
a 4 bend contest. freedom emma is a fantastic bitch and definatly the class of the race but my preference is for the dog in red diesel malc.an emphatic winner of an open at harlow last time and has trialed well here.from a good draw i see him blasting clear.
selection :trap 1 diesel malc 3/1 nap

9.45pm
the big race of the night over 645 metres. he went whoosh is never to far away in these races and neither is farley zack. trap 2 and favourite blue bee was very impressive in the heats and i think he will confirm his love of the track with a successful run. he has a bit in hand on the clock and as long as clear early will win.
selection:trap 2 blue bee 7/4

well thats it, no real big prices im afraid so hoping to cop a few together in multiples. have done a mixture of selections in a yankee and 3 trixies for a total outlay of £115 so lets gogogo!
am working the club tonight so will be sky plussing and watching when i get home around midnight.

[MajorMajor]

I'll post my selections before the off, no detailed analysis for me though, just trap numbers. I'm out this eve so sky plus for me too!

[Karabiner]

I seem to remember the market being very strong in the ring at Hall Green.

One of the few tracks where the ring prices were better than on BF, well they were last time.

Freedom Emma is my only selection so far on what looks a mediocre card to me at first glance.

[turny]

well that went well lol, one winner in eight races for no return on the night a great start to the new year!!!!

might do a more detailed/excuse post a bit later ;-)

[MajorMajor]

I had a horrid night too, was quite optimistic beforehand!

[Biddy 62]

Nice one Turny, i had'nt realised it was televised until i read your thread. That Blue bee looks a good un.

[turny]

I had a horrid night too, was quite optimistic beforehand!

me to mate, the track there looks very slow at the moment and a few dogs were losing their footing

[turny]

Nice one Turny, i had'nt realised it was televised until i read your thread. That Blue bee looks a good un.

blue bee looks very good, one to watch in staying events in 2011. to stayers turned behind him and made no impression.