The Wimbledon Grand National is next on the agenda…

…I thought I would have a go at a greyhound hurdle race and what better than the Grand National run over 460 metres at Wimbledon?

There has been one round of heats so there is not a lot to go on with only one run. Nevertheless I have prepared a chart with all the times so far. My strategy is to play it a little like the football pools and bet a few hopefuls to see where that takes us.

Here are the times converted to seconds /metre; see if we can spot any significant improvers after the semi-finals; and during this exercise.

Knockafurtig 61/82; (fastest so far)

Then the next group:

Custom Paul 62/08; Jills Fault 62/13; Baran Geronimo 62/13; Druids Sully 62/15; Suit Man 62/19; Xamax Mr Grumpy 62/21; Droopys Campo 62/28; Snazzy Time 62/28; Thats The Bullet 62/28; Dechardon 62/30; Heavens Supreme 62/45; Kelso Brumo 62/47; Ballymoyer Mick 62/78;

And finally the slowest ; so far:

Druids Forrest 63/04; Ballyeacle 63/15; Taipan 63/21; Liscarney Jack 63/21.

Knockafurtig and Thats The Bullet are the current favourites with Taipan (which was slow) fairly well up the list. The bookies must be expecting Taipan to improve…

Well the layers can control the ante post prices but they can’t control the draw for the 3 semi- finals; so there are some interesting couplings in there.

Lets look at the semi-finals. I’ve not put them in trap order. I have arranged them in pace order as shown in my list. The top dogs are the quickest on what evidence we have so far.

Semi-final 1 :-

Jills Fault 62/13; 9/2 odds
Snazzy Time 62/28; 50/1 odds
Kelso Brumo 62/47; 33/1 odds
Dechardon 62/30; 66/1 odds
Taipan 63/21; 6/1 odds


Semi –final 2:-

Knockafurtig 61/82; 4/1 odds ( but unbelievably 8/1 with Coral)
Custom Paul 61/08; 12/1 odds
Baran Geronimo 62/13; 20/1 odds
Droopys Campo 62/28; 20/1 odds
Druids Forrest 63/04; 20/1 odds
Ballyeacle 63/15; 33/1 odds


Semi final 3:-

Druids Sully 62/15; 20/1 odds
Suit Man 62/19; 5/1 odds
Xamax Mr Grundy 62/21; 40/1 odds
Thats The Bullet 62/28; 7/2 odds
Ballymore Mick 62/78; 16/1 odds
Liscarney Jack 63/21; 40/1 odds

Study those figures if you want to bet ante-post; 1/4 odds a place 1.2.3.

My selections are:

1 point ew Snazzy Time 50/1 Coral
1 point ew Druids Sully 20/1 Coral
1 point win Custom Paul 12/1 Coral
1 point ew Xamax Mr Grundy 40/1 Ladbroke


There will be the opportunity to bet my selections in the semi-finals which might pay for my ante post bets if I’m lucky. We will see.

Mind you the 8/1 on offer for Knockafurtig with Coral does look tempting as a good win bet…

Come racing!!