The Informer: All the latest from Crayford Greyhound Track
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We could have a new hurdling star at the track in Rosscliffe Jet
after he made it three wins from his last five starts over the
sticks.
His latest win a week ago came over 380 metres however the dog
had previously shown that he is equally adept over the 540 metre
distance winning a top grad one race following up on an even more
impressive Open race victory over that trip.
Trainer Paul Tompsett and the dog’s owners may well have been
surprised at how the dog has taken to jumping but on the evidence
to date you would expect him to continue to improve with experience
so who knows just how good he may become in the course of time.
Having started in grade H4 his progress has been steady so let’s
hope that it will be continued over the coming months.
Sometimes you have to read between the lines when assessing
newcomers and I am of the opinion that this applies to the winning
debut performance last Friday evening from Kish Rector.
This was only the dog’s fourth career race but his third win so
he has to be taken seriously albeit it is early days.
Prior to joining trainer Pat Thompson’s kennels the greyhound
had won an Open race at Cork followed by a win in grade A4 at
Limerick.
The Racing Office here seem to have found his correct level
having started him in grade A6 over 380 metres last weekend.
The margin of victory was only three quarters of a length but
the bookmakers sent him off at odds of just even money, which is
far too short in a graded event, however like me I suspect that had
the dog trapped out fast then the win margin would certainly have
been greater.
His race record shows that the dog has early pace so having
missed his break on this occasion you had to admire the way in
which he worked his way through the field to get up and win.
If he wins his next race in grade A5 you would have to think
that he could well prove to be a decent grader at the track.
The latest recruit to join the elite in top grade A1 will be A
For Albert who won his A2 race last Saturday morning in an
impressive time of 23.33 seconds.
He has certainly had plenty of race experience elsewhere as
Crayford is the eighth track that he has had competitive races
at.
The Barry O’Sullivan dog has open race wins on his record book
and that win time at the weekend implies that he is more than
capable of winning an A1 event here if he leads the field away from
the traps.
I am looking forward to seeing him next time and think that he
will give a good account of himself.
Wednesday, January 04 2012
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