Amarillo Slim 3rd in the Greyhound Derby…

…the big day came for Amarillo and he ran a great race from trap 5 into third place behind the great Westmead Hawk in trap 4 and Mineola Farloe in trap 2.

I thought the writing was on the wall for Amarillo when he drifted from odds of 7/2 to 6/1 before the off. I figured that there must have been something wrong when the bookies lengthened the odds. Even so, he ran a really good race in a great time of 28.56 sec (by my classification a: 59/50 dog. The Hawk covered the ground in a fantastic 28.44 sec (a 59/25 dog).

I always had Amarillo (he is named after a famous poker player, so I’m told) in mind as 1,2,3,4, place bet and a win would have been a huge bonus at double figure odds. I made a profit with my each-way bets so my objective (each-way thieving bets; as the bookies call them) was made… Mission accomplished; and it looks like this dog is one to follow - perhaps he will run in the Irish derby? Look out for him (his breeding is Knockeven Star – Lemon Sugar).

As a matter of interest my blog post advocating that Amarillo should be bet each-way at decent odds was re-produced on two websites: www.inside-edge-mag.co.uk and www.toalgambler.com - so quite a few people could have bet it; and perhaps made a few bob. The thought of that is very pleasant…It is in the website archives of those mags now.

If you won on it–let me know by commenting on space at the bottom of this blog.

Come racing !!