My greyhound Derby dozen

[trevor]

Hi All

My 12 against the field are as below, with Betfair prices in () :

Scartna Aglish : Exciting pup with L Jones who will improve with every run. (85)<br>Indian Ruler : Top class irish dog trained by G Holian, needs to improve on his trial, but is tough and consistent. (34)<br>Pennys Worth : Useful pup with R Baker, has early pace and is a very tight railer. (38)<br>Droopys Scholes : Irish dog with a grand pedigree, is very tough but needs to trap. (14)<br>Big Freeze : Did a super trial and could surprise a few, Clemenson thinks the world of him. (80)<br>Black Pear : Deserves a change of luck and will hopefully get it in this comp. (140)<br>Premier Fantasy : Talking dog from Ireland, must surely be the best to come over for some time, needs only a bit of luck to take the crown (6)<br>Drop Goal Jonny : An able deputy for Shearer and Soppitt thinks he will at least reach the final, still unexposed and improving. (42)<br>Fire Height Dan : Will bulldoze his way to the final, is a massive dog with a growing reputation. (19)<br>Pitch Rocket : Suited by the track and can go a long way for W Davies. (430)<br>Solid Money : Strong wide runner for D Knight and has posted some good trial times of late.(38)<br>Urban Spaceman : My outside bet to go a long way, if hitting the lids will upset a few fancied runners. (1000)

So there you have it, the dreaded kiss of death, hopefully we will have a couple though to the final after 4 weeks of superb racing. First heats are on Thursday and the final on 5th June.

Best of luck to all and hopefully they will all return safe and sound.

Regards<br>Trevor  <br> <br> <br>

[Perpetual]

Good luck with those Trevor.

I’ll add my three against the field:

Droopys Oasis (60) & Tims Crow (30) – both won their first round heats last night

Burberry Boy (85) – runs tonight

Droopys Corleone (250) – not sure when he goes!

[trevor]

Hi All

Next round draw:

Fridays Heats

Heat 1

Jonjoes Miracle<br>Killahan Classic<br>Lethal Lawyer<br>Texan Fox<br>Droopys Scholes<br>Slims Best

Heat 2

Eye Will<br>Lenson Mark<br>Pennys Worth<br>Veras Wizard<br>Ninja Lark<br>Big Freeze

Heat 3

That’s the Deal<br>Topmeup<br>Bowmers King<br>Alamshar<br>Moral Enigma<br>Farloe Pocket

Heat 4

Knockdu Lad<br>Burberry Boy<br>Goldmember<br>Rhincrew Seagal<br>Escholido<br>Droopys Denver

Heat 5

Croppies Rhea<br>Oulart Street<br>Count Gelignite<br>Lisas Destiny<br>Lenson Supreme<br>Droopys Demaggio

Heat 6<br>Manera Spark <br>Lodgeview Flash<br>All Gold<br>Legal Circle<br>Toora LooraLoora<br>Rockforest Pride

Heat 7

Knocktoosh Queen<br>Coolagorna Figo<br>Mattsmyson<br>Tigs Slattery<br>Droopys Keegan<br>Honchos Story

Heat 8

Farloe Villager<br>Hallam Smudger<br>Special Trick<br>Droopys Chester<br>Centour Para<br>Clonakenny John

Saturdays Heats<br>Heat 9

Priceless Joe<br>Spinners Choice<br>Droopys Cahill<br>Droopys Verdi<br>Kilmalady Boy<br>Pitch Rocket

Heat 10

Ballymac Kewell<br>Wonderful Jo<br>Ronnies Wicked<br>Lark Boe<br>Premier Fantasy<br>Glads Boy

Heat 11

Mustang Hero<br>Cooly Pantera<br>Cavecourt Jon<br>Solid Money<br>Droopys Oasis<br>Indian Ruler

Heat 12

Greenside Wonder<br>Mineola Storm<br>Ronnies Flight<br>Sammardan Daisy<br>Drop Goal Jonny<br>Coomlogane Royal

Heat 13

Not So Famous<br>Giglis Fionn<br>Prince Toff<br>Fire Height Dan<br>Baby Hawk<br>Noirs Seanie

Heat 14

Baran Shogun<br>Farloe Verdict<br>Moynies Cash<br>Express Hancho<br>Tims Crow<br>Newlawn Murty

Heat 15

Farloe Hack<br>Urban Spaceman<br>Mustang Mighty<br>Lenson Star<br>Jack Spark<br>Niamhs Bill

Heat 16

Malden Rio<br>Kinda Wild<br>Ballybeg Keano<br>Black Pear<br>Farloe Divide<br>Swift Star

<br>Regards<br>Trevor

[trevor]

Hi All

This is what I have left and latest Betfair prices

Scartna Aglish : Exciting pup with L Jones who will improve with every run. (85) Eliminated<br>Indian Ruler : Top class irish dog trained by G Holian, needs to improve on his trial, but is tough and consistent. (34) (26)<br>Pennys Worth : Useful pup with R Baker, has early pace and is a very tight railer. (38) (80)<br>Droopys Scholes : Irish dog with a grand pedigree, is very tough but needs to trap. (14) (6)<br>Big Freeze : Did a super trial and could surprise a few, Clemenson thinks the world of him. (80) (55)<br>Black Pear : Deserves a change of luck and will hopefully get it in this comp. (140) (330)<br>Premier Fantasy : Talking dog from Ireland, must surely be the best to come over for some time, needs only a bit of luck to take the crown (6) (3)<br>Drop Goal Jonny : An able deputy for Shearer and Soppitt thinks he will at least reach the final, still unexposed and improving. (42) (22)<br>Fire Height Dan : Will bulldoze his way to the final, is a massive dog with a growing reputation. (19) (22)<br>Pitch Rocket : Suited by the track and can go a long way for W Davies. (430) (400)<br>Solid Money : Strong wide runner for D Knight and has posted some good trial times of late.(38) (50)<br>Urban Spaceman : My outside bet to go a long way, if hitting the lids will upset a few fancied runners. (1000) (570)<br>11 still left standing

regards<br>trevor

[trevor]

Hi Guys

Update after the 2nd round

This is what I have left and latest Betfair prices

Scartna Aglish : Exciting pup with L Jones who will improve with every run. (85) Eliminated<br>Indian Ruler : Top class irish dog trained by G Holian, needs to improve on his trial, but is tough and consistent. (34) (26) (18)<br>Pennys Worth : Useful pup with R Baker, has early pace and is a very tight railer. (38) (80) Eliminated<br>Droopys Scholes : Irish dog with a grand pedigree, is very tough but needs to trap. (14) (6) (5)<br>Big Freeze : Did a super trial and could surprise a few, Clemenson thinks the world of him. (80) (55) (27)<br>Black Pear : Deserves a change of luck and will hopefully get it in this comp. (140) (330) (300)<br>Premier Fantasy : Talking dog from Ireland, must surely be the best to come over for some time, needs only a bit of luck to take the crown (6) (3) (4)<br>Drop Goal Jonny : An able deputy for Shearer and Soppitt thinks he will at least reach the final, still unexposed and improving. (42) (22) (27)<br>Fire Height Dan : Will bulldoze his way to the final, is a massive dog with a growing reputation. (19) (22) (38)<br>Pitch Rocket : Suited by the track and can go a long way for W Davies. (430) (400) (200)<br>Solid Money : Strong wide runner for D Knight and has posted some good trial times of late.(38) (50) Eliminated<br>Urban Spaceman : My outside bet to go a long way, if hitting the lids will upset a few fancied runners. (1000) (570) (370)<br>9 still left standing

regards<br>trevor

[cotsey]

seen premier fantasy in action over here (shelbourne park) and just absolutely blew the field away.set a track record that night and looks pretty unstoppable. luck however will as always be a key factor

[trevor]

Hi All

A couple if bits of value tonight could be:

Lark Boe Trap 1 8.15 @ 12/1 or more<br>Count Gelegnite Trap 1 8.45 @ 14/1 or more

Best regards<br>Trevor<br>

[trevor]

Hi Guys

Update after the 3rd round

This is what I have left and latest Betfair prices

Droopys Scholes : Irish dog with a grand pedigree, is very tough but needs to trap. (14) (6) (5) (4)

Big Freeze : Did a super trial and could surprise a few, Clemenson thinks the world of him. (80) (55) (27) (24)

Premier Fantasy : Talking dog from Ireland, must surely be the best to come over for some time, needs only a bit of luck to take the crown (6) (3) (4) (2)

Drop Goal Jonny : An able deputy for Shearer and Soppitt thinks he will at least reach the final, still unexposed and improving. (42) (22) (27) (26)

Fire Height Dan : Will bulldoze his way to the final, is a massive dog with a growing reputation. (19) (22) (38) (21)

Urban Spaceman : My outside bet to go a long way, if hitting the lids will upset a few fancied runners. (1000) (570) (370) (189)

6 still left standing at the 1/4 final stages

regards<br>trevor

[jairducochetfan]

Well done with Urban Spaceman, that has obviously surpassed most peoples expectations. I know very little/nothing about greyhounds but I am keeping an eye on the Derby. Seagull’s post in "Titanics"regarding Fire Height Dan is worth reading…

[trevor]

Hi Guys

Update after the 1/4 FINALS

This is what I have left and latest Betfair prices

Droopys Scholes : Irish dog with a grand pedigree, is very tough but needs to trap. (14) (6) (5) (4) (6)

Big Freeze : Did a super trial and could surprise a few, Clemenson thinks the world of him. (80) (55) (27) (24) (22)

Premier Fantasy : Talking dog from Ireland, must surely be the best to come over for some time, needs only a bit of luck to take the crown (6) (3) (4) (2) (1)

<br>Fire Height Dan : Will bulldoze his way to the final, is a massive dog with a growing reputation. (19) (22) (38) (21) (8)

4 left in the semi finals

regards<br>trevor

[trevor]

Hi All

Should be one of the years happy days, it’s my birthday, but here I am sat at work until 7am. Was really looking forward to a pint for breakfast and watching last night’s semi finals, but the sad news of Premier Fantasy’s broken hock has sickened me to the pit of my guts. Really top class dog, never to race again is just s**t
e. The dog excited everyone in the sport and it doesn’t matter if he was to become a superstar or not, we will never know. Just over 2 years of age and finished gracing the track is an utter shame, I only hope they can save him for stud. Anyway the video is going in the bin as I could not watch it after reading some of the reports on the incident, going to have a couple of swift Southern Comforts and retire to bed. At this stage I am not really interested in what I have left so no new prices, but the final qualifiers are:

Droopys Scholes : Irish dog with a grand pedigree, is very tough but needs to trap. (14) (6) (5) (4) (6)

Big Freeze : Did a super trial and could surprise a few, Clemenson thinks the world of him. (80) (55) (27) (24) (22)

Fire Height Dan : Will bulldoze his way to the final, is a massive dog with a growing reputation. (19) (22) (38) (21) (8)

Please, please may they all return safe and sound !!!!!!

Regards<br>Trevor

[trevor]

Hi All

At work all day tomorrow so will put my thought’s on the cracking card at Wimbledon tomorrow night online now. The final is a cracker and all 6 dogs have a chance, it’s all if’s and but’s at the moment so here goes for a final run down.<br>Fire Height Dan – has his trap and needs to lead, which is possible on his best trapping, but he has the dreaded 1 box so I will overlook him tonight<br>Ballymac Kewell – is the most improved dog in the final and he whizzed out of trap 2 in the 1/4 final, I think he will follow TC around the first 2 bends and strike for home at the 3rd.<br>Droopys Scholes – has not been 100% fit in the comp so far so that shows what a class dog he is, the weeks rest will have done him good and his trainer reckons he will be 95% fit for this but I dont think he will get a run.<br>Rhincrew Seagal – the fastest dog in the final but will be struggling to get a run behind TC and I think he will have lost the race by the 2nd bend<br>Big Freeze – will be last away and with early trouble he will benefit the most, will be running on but just too late for me.<br>Tims Crow – sure to lead to the 3rd or even 4th bend and may even hold on, he will be very very hard to catch if clearing the first 2 bends without trouble.<br>Summary – Ballymac Kewell to just outstay Tims Crow in what will be a super final.<br>Well done to all the finalists and I hope they all return safely.<br>Rest of the card, selections only:<br>6.50 trap 1<br>7.08 trap 2<br>7.26 trap 1<br>7.45 trap 1<br>8.05 trap 4<br>8.25 trap 5<br>8.45 trap 1<br>9.05 trap 6<br>9.25 trap 6<br>9.45 trap 4<br>10.35 trap 2<br>10,55 trap 5<br>11.15 trap 3

A grand night’s viewing live on Sky, enjoy and best of luck

Regards<br>Trevor<br> <br> <br> <br>

[trevor]

Hi Guys

After a super final, we have a result for the derby dozen, all in all a superb competition with the exception of Premier Fantasy who crashed out when looking all over the champion, at least he is on the road to recovery and a nice career at stud (lucky bugger)

FIRST @ 7/2<br>Droopys Scholes : Irish dog with a grand pedigree, is very tough but needs to trap. (14) (6) (5) (4) (6)

SECOND @ 10/1<br>Big Freeze : Did a super trial and could surprise a few, Clemenson thinks the world of him. (80) (55) (27) (24) (22)

SIXTH @ 6/1<br>Fire Height Dan : Will bulldoze his way to the final, is a massive dog with a growing reputation. (19) (22) (38) (21) (8)

Now it’s heads down and bottoms up for the Irish equivalent.

Best regards<br>Trevor

[tooting]

Great stuff Trevor – I look forward to the next thread.

Best dog won on the night.

One thing that struck me last night was that it was the worst Derby roar I’ve heard since I’ve been going.  Maybe a hangover from Premier Fantasy.

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