The 65th East Anglian Greyhound Derby semi finals take place on Saturday 10th September, with the final on Thursday 15th September. The event is staged at Yarmouth Stadium and is run over a trip of 462m. There is £12,000 in prize money on offer to the winner greyhound, which is an excellent prize when you consider some events are struggling to find sponsorship.
Current market leader for the 2011 East Anglian Derby is the Chris Allsopp trained Ballymac Ace. He didn’t get the best of runs when finishing third behind Yahoo Jamie and Brittons Empire in round two of this event but prior to that had looked very impressive in the first round, winning his heat in a time of 27.46. Yahoo Jamie, trained by Charlie Lister, certainly won’t be without his supporters in the outright market at the 9/2 mark. The wide runner has won both his starts in this competition thus far and should make it to the final with the minimum of fuss.
11/8 chance Fifis Rocket got the better of the 4/6f Taylors Cruise in heat three of the second round. Another Chris Allsopp trained runner, Fifis scored in a time of 27.77 while Taylors Cruise could only manage third place, with Droopys Hector splitting the pair. Fifis Rocket and Taylors Cruise are both 9/2 chances to take the East Anglian Derby crown while Droopys Hector is the rank outsider at 33/1.
We will obviously know more after tomorrow night’s semi finals but greyhound fans could well be in for a cracker next Thursday and the battle between Taylors Cruise and Ballymac Ace in the second semi final is sure to be enthralling.
65th East Anglian Derby Semi Final Draws
T1 Diesel Malc
T2 Romeo Reason
T3 Brittons Empire
T4 Holycross Prince
T5 Yahoo Jamie (M)
T6 Fifis Rocket (W)
T1 Jackdaw Summer
T2 Taylors Cruise
T3 Ballymac Ace
T4 Verdun Richie
T5 Rookery Pedro(W)
T6 Droopys Hector (W)
65th East Anglian Derby Betting
(Prices from Blue Square)
Ballymac Ace 4/1
Fifis Rocket 9/2
Taylors Cruise 9/2
Yahoo Jamie 9/2
Diesel Malc 11/2
Brittons Empire 12/1
Holycross Prince 14/1
Romeo Reason 14/1
Jackdaw Summer 20/1
Rookery Pedro 25/1
Verdun Richie 33/1
Droopys Hector 33/1
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