Temple Lad wins the semi-final…

… I’ve been tracking the performances of the young dogs in the William Hill Puppy Derby at Wimbledon ; but neglecting to update my blog .Which is a shame on me, because I had come to the conclusion that Temple Lad could improve its time enough to pose a threat to Cobra Striking in the Final, and I didn’t Blog it!

I bet Temple Lad at 50/1 (1/4 odds 123 place) in the Final but I couldn’t get on at 66/1 with www.betfred.com bookmaker because although it was that price on www.oddschecker.com the betting shop could not give me a price.

Can you believe that ? They spend thousands of pounds advertising and sponsoring races yet you can’t get the advertised price because you are not betting on the internet with an account!!

Anyway Temple Lad look likes it might win the Final as it beat the favourite Cobra Striking in an astounding time of 27.59 sec over 460m; by my calcs 59/97.

How did I come to the conclusion that Temple Lad was worth betting ante post; you might ask? Answer : the same way I bet Amarillo Slim to get a place in the Greyhound Derby. (An earlier Blog)

I listed all the times at the heat stage, when there were 18 dogs still in, and converted the times into metres /sec to make comparisons on my list. (I can compare them better that way). The dogs ranged from 60/05 (Cobra Striking’s time) to 62/63; Auton Swift’s time.

I sorted out a ‘Significant Improvers List’ of dogs moving up the category. I then had a list of 4 dogs :

Counts Ad Queen 14/1 www.ladbrokes.com
Manic Mile 5/1 www.totesport.com
Discrete Cat 12/1 www.ladbrokes.com
Temple Lad 66/1 www.betfred.com

I thought Temple Lad looked as if it had plenty of scope for improvement; and the 66/1 was very inviting!

We’ll see what happens in the Final but as I was only looking for ¼ odds 123 I will be pleased if it gets at least 3rd place in the final; if it wins, that will be a great bonus.

By the way I have bet Droopys Electric to win the Irish Greyhound Derby at 20/1 www.coral.com ; its price is now 10/1.

Come racing!!