..looks like it is at the mercy of the favourite Droopys Robhino; but you never know..
I had mixed fortune in the semi-finals with Nawhobberthadda, which I had bet at 10/1 to win the Final, getting took out by Big Time Gent (a dog I had bet at 25/1 ew to win the semi- final race); with my other dog, Rockingham (which I have bet at 100/1 ew to win the Final, also) running into 3rd spot and qualifying for the Final on 20th October! Well I never…! I did fancy Nawhobberthada to win the Final so I’m sorry I lost it.
Droopys Robhino made one of its worst runs yet at 28.89 sec yet managed to win the first semi-final. It was reported that it got bumped at one point so that accounts for it; and it had a slow start. The split time you see on the graph is an earlier race at the track.
I lost 2 points on Big time Gent and 2 on Rockingham – I bet them, really, to get 2nd place (to pick up ew money) and it didn’t happen. But, again I forgot to mention that I had won 1 and 1/2 points on Nawhobberthada on the Quarter Final. I don’t think I have lost much at this stage as I have had ‘bets to nothing’ – I’ll calculate it next week.
So, let’s take a look at how the graph looks at the final stage..
It’s a case of 4 railers up against two middle runners; although I class Tyrur Laurel (2nd in the 550yards Irish Greyhound Derby this year; this is 525 yards) as a wide runner, after its recent exploits running from trap 6, which seems to suit it. Notice that it has the best split time; from an older race.
Coolnakilla Star looks out of it in trap 5 and Rockingham on the evidence on the graph doesn’t look like it has the figures to win; I was expecting it to improve on its last run and the fact that it was beaten 5 1/2 lengths by Droopys Robhino in the quarter final seems to suggest that it had reached its limit on time performance. If it finishes in the first 4 I will be quite happy because that’s all that I expected of it when I made my bet early on in the competition.
Droopys Robhino should surely win on the times it has put up; although Finals have a habit of going wrong. If Droopy fails I think it will be a good tussle between Spider Said in trap 1,with a fast starting 3.32 sectional time and Tyrur Laurel and – not out of it, even with a 2 poor runs - Catunda Harry in trap3. Let’s hope it will be a good Final. Lots of luck!
The ‘R’ on the graph denotes rails runner and the ‘M’ means middle runner.
Come racing!!
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