The Romford Essex Vase over 575 metres...
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..is a quite famous greyhound race first run in 1939.

I thought I would have a go at it even though it has 36 dogs in six heats.

I've done a fair amount of work on it analysing all the dogs but I didn't have time to put my selections on my blog.

This is what I came up with:

Ninja Blue at my price of 5/1 to win the final; 2 points win at Coral's price of 8/1 (good value).

Rio Gigalo at Coral's odds of 66/1; 1 point ew 1,2,3,4. My price : 8/1.

The first heats have been run and my bets in the heats were:

1 point win Rio Gigalo which lost.( It had won 3 Open races on the trot!)
1 point win Bubbly Tojo at 6/4; won.
1 point win Side Leg; 2nd. This was 100/1 at the start. (Though I didn't bet it to win the Final - it might be worth adding to the list but its time was not outstanding)

I was betting trying to weigh up the opposition in each of three heats.

Ninja Blue was 2nd in its heat to Westmead Aoifa; the winning time being 35.83 sec. Westmead Aoifa will take a bit of beating in this contest...

So my book is in deficit already to 2 1/2 points.

I've lost out with Rio Gigalo failing to qualify but I still have Ninja Blue to fly the flag!

And there will be more opportunity to add to my portfolio after I have
assessed the time in the first heats. They are run on Wednesday so I'll try to sort out some more bets before that! Have faith!

Come racing!!