I crashed in flames…

…in the Yarmouth TV Trophy.

The nearest I got with my 5 dogs was a miserable 3rd place with Shelbourne Holly in the heats; so I had no runner in the final; I lost 10 points on this exercise!

It was a tough call with dogs having run over several different distances before running in the 843m marathon. But that’s life..

The winner of the William Hill TV Trophy was Spiridon Louis, second Wise Susie and third Mitzie.

Ok having got that out of the way, what about the Blue Square Greyhound Derby over 480m at Wimbledon on 7th July? I always like to have a go at that. Well the early heats have begun which gives us some information to work on and the second round is on Friday 16th June and Saturday 17th June and I have done some work on trying to find a few hopeful, good price ante-post bets, to run with over the next few weeks.

On an earlier blog I said that Eye Onthe Veto might be a dog to consider if it ran in the Derby and Coral had it priced at 50/1 to win the competition at 1/4 odds e.w.1,2,3,4,5,6 places so I put 1 point e.w. without doing any research on it as I was confident it could put up a good show. Mind you it will have to be on its toes in heat 14 on Saturday as it is up against Geordie Parker, Iceman Ross and Zigzag Dutchy. It won’t be easy but it has to win up against good dogs if it has to win the trophy. I bet it to win its first heat at 6/4which it did, which gives me a ‘bet to nothing’ for the final.

But - there is always a ‘but’- I advocated betting Temple Lad at 50/1 for the Derby last year and it ran in the heats to no avail; and another of my long range selections at that time, Amarrillo Slim, is not running in the event; therefore I’m down 4 points before the Derby really begins . Ah! Well … too bad…

Blue Square and the Racing Post are running a really interesting competition in the Derby called Dream Dogs which has a top prize of £5000 in which I will invest £10. It will take a lot of luck to win it but it will give me enormous fun checking on the result of my selections. I will let you know how I am doing – good or bad.

And so to the Derby proper…

I have been through the form and allotted each of the dogs a rating and my price slot and then compared the bookies prices for ‘value’. This is what I intend to run with:-

Tyrur Lee 20/1 Ladbrokes. My price 7/1.

Farloe Premier 66/1 Betfred . My price 9/1.

Loyal Honcho 16/1 Coral. My price 9/1.

Barnfield On Air 14/1 Ladbrokes My price 9/1.

Eye On the Veto 50/1 Coral. My price 6/1.

Phoenix Paddy 7/1 Betfred. My price 5/1.


All, except Phoenix Paddy, 1 point ew.
Phoenix Paddy will be 2points win only.

I have included all these dogs in my selections for the Dream Dogs comp.

Best of luck with your own selections.

Come racing!!