Derby Final Within Touching Distance for North-East’s Fastest Canine

Derby final within touching distance for north-east’s fastest canine

A chance at winning Europe’s richest greyhound race is less than half-a-minute away for three north-east men who only purchased their star canine two months ago.

O'Brien readies Ballydoyle sextet for Epsom glory

TO WIN just one Epsom Classic is the pinnacle for most trainers. For Aidan O’Brien, however, success in the Derby and Oaks has become part and parcel of his dominance of the sport. The master of Ballydoyle has won both races a staggering 10 times each, and this year brings another powerful squad across the Irish Sea. He saddles Delacroix, The Lion In Winter and Lambourn in Saturday’s Derby (3.30pm), facing off against Godolphin’s 2,000 Guineas v…

Look Hoo's trying to go one better

It has been three years to the day, and David Probert has hardly gone through a day without reliving the bittersweet moment of "the one that got away" in UK's most famous flat race, the Epsom Derby....

Star Sports/ TRC Greyhound Derby in stats- Semi-Finals edition | Greyhound Board of Great Britain

Semi-finals head to head Trap Greyhound W R % TPM +/- *W *R *% *+/- ST AT CT 1 Sole Mio 3 4 75.0% £1,600 £9.00 1 1 100.0% £1.50 3.95 28.64 28.54 2 De Lahdedah 3 4 75.0% £1,875 £1.48 3 4 75.0% £1.48 3.95 28.50 28.50 3 Droopys Bookem 1 4 25.0% £960 -£1.25 0 0 0.0% £0.00 4.10 28.78 28.78 4 Slick Sentinel 3 4 75.0% £1,875 £16.00 1 1 100.0% £1.38 3.96 28.87 28.82 5 Bombay Pat 2 4 50.0% £1,200 -£1. Source