This Saturday night sees the Final of the 2012 Greyhound Derby taking place at Wimbledon. The semi finals threw up a number of shocks, with the hot favourite Razldazl Jayfkay crashing out of the event following trouble after the first bend, allowing Farloe Ironman to win at generous odds of 16/1. Another well fancied runner Coolavanny Bert managed to recover and snatch second place. William Hill make Coolavanny Bert their 5/2 joint favourite alongside last year’s winner Taylors Sky, with Farloe … [Read more...]
2012 William Hill Wimbledon Greyhound Derby
This year's Greyhound Derby kicks off on Friday 27th April with 132 dogs battling it out for the £125,000 first prize. Sponsor's William Hill have now made the event the world's richest greyhound competition and it really is a fantastic reward for the winning connections. The first round of the competition comprises 22 heats, 8 of them where the first 5 qualify and 14 heats where the first 4 greyhounds make it through to the second round. Heat 1-11 take place on Friday night with 12-22 being run … [Read more...]
Live Sky Dogs Tips Wimbledon 28th February 2012
Arguably the best greyhound card of the year takes place this Tuesday night at Wimbledon and all the action is live on Sky Sports 1 from 7.30pm. The two big races of the evening are the williamhill.com Springbok and the Racing Post Juvenile. I previewed the Juvenile last week, you can read that article by clicking the link below. In addition to these hot contests, there are six other open races live on Sky. Racing Post Juvenile Preview 7.40 Wimbledon – Charlie Lister's amazing veteran … [Read more...]