Express Ego was my only success…
…in the Irish Greyhound Derby.

The winner was Paul Hennessy’s Tyrur Rhino in 20.73 sec with a 27 spot improvement from its previous best of 30.00 sec. It makes me wonder how such improvement is brought about… But there you have it…

Second dog home, Tyrur Laurel, was trained by the same trainer and Express Ego was 3rd.

My portfolio of bets did not recover from the exit of Farloe Black, Goldstar Lee and Si Senor in the semi finals and Groovy Stan, my last bet in the final, who did not finish, as he suffered a leg injury.

Some of my bets at the beginning of the competition were ‘a bet to nil’ as I had bet the dogs in the heats which they duly won.

The bets falling into this category were :

1 point ew Farloe Black .
1 point ew All Heart.
2 points win Si Senor.

So, there were no losses there.

The bets I lost on, were:

1 point ew Boherash Niall.
1point ew Youllhavetogo.
2 points win Groovy Stan.

Loss: 6 points.

I had a return of 4 points with Express Ego running into 3rd place in the final.

Therefore my total loss was 2 points on the Irish Greyhound Derby.

I’m disappointed I did not make a profit; but maybe better luck next time.

In the meantime …I'll look out for the next ante-post challenge.

Come Racing!!