The Peterborough Puppy Derby is the centrepiece of Sky's live coverage this week. The trap draw is as below -

21.45 420M THE STANJAMESUK.COM PETERBOROUGH PUPPY DERBY FINAL

1 CONNA RODGER
2 HES A MYSTERY
3 ME BUDDY
4 DRIVE ON CAPTAIN
5 GLENROE GINGER (M)
6 DROOPYS MARCUS (W)

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The Greyhound Derby continues with the second round at Wimbledon on Friday and Saturday. Both ante-post selections, Rio Quando and Tyrur Laurel, are safely through. Tyrur Laurel goes in the last heat on Friday and Rio Quando the last heat on Saturday. If you have a Blue Square account all the action can be seen on their website.

Second Round Draw -

FRIDAY MAY 9 WIMBLEDON

20.15 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 1

1 BARNFIELD ON AIR (M)
2 FARLOE REASON (M)
3 ROMEO MALDINI (W)
4 SIDE LEG (W)
5 HULK HOGAN (W)
6 SHANACASHEL LAD (W)

20.30 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 2

1 EXPRESS EGO
2 BLONDE DINO (M)
3 CARLSBERG FLASH (M)
4 EYE ONTHE VETO (W)
5 WESTMEAD LORD (W)
6 MONIS PET (W)

20.45 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 3

1 TYRUR KIERAN
2 LENSON EXPRESS
3 ROCKY ROCKET (M)
4 ADVANTAGE JOHNNY (W)
5 TOOSEY BLUE (W)
6 SCINTILLAS RUBY (W)

21.00 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 4

1 LOVE MAC
2 CAPTAIN SOLO
3 PIGALLE LADY
4 DROOPYS KIOWA (W)
5 A MILLION MAID (W)
6 DROOPYS WELLS (W)

21.15 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 5

1 YOULLHAVETOGO
2 SEANIS STRIKE
3 BARNFIELD MIKE
4 CATUNDA HARRY (M)
5 MARSHMAN (M)
6 NINJA JAMIE(M)

21.30 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 6

1 FARLEY LEGEND
2 DROOPYS OBAFEMI
3 LOCKDALE DIAMOND
4 FARLOE NIALL (M)
5 LETHAL FRANKIE (W)
6 DROOPYS TOBEY (W)

21.45 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 7

1 BARAN PEDRO
2 LOVE TIGER
3 MELODYS PAT (M)
4 PLOUGH LANE (M)
5 BARNFIELD LEO (W)
6 MOVE ON KEWELL (W)

22.00 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 8

1 TOOSEY TOPS
2 MUSICAL JACK
3 COMMANDER CHIEF
4 TYRUR LAUREL (M)
5 DROOPYS CURBS (M) (Non-Runner, trap now vacant)
6 ANNUAL SCHOLES (W)

SATURDAY MAY 10
WIMBLEDON

20.15 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 9

1 CALZAGHE TED
2 BLUE JOCKEY
3 FARLOE BATMAN (M)
4 CYCLERS LARK (M)
5 TYRUR RHINO (W)
6 PENNYS FLEETFOOT (W)

20.30 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 10

1 BLACK ICE BOSS
2 KRYPTONITE
3 LENSON JOKER (M)
4 FABULOUS AZURE (M)
5 NOIRS WILD (M)
6 WESTMEAD KEAWN (W)

20.45 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 11

1 TYRUR ROCKY
2 RONNIES HUSTLE
3 BROADWAY SPARK
4 LOYAL HONCHO (M)
5 DROOPYS NORMAN (W)
6 BARNFIELD SLIPPY (W)

21.00 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 12

1 ROCKBURST MASON
2 ULLID CONOR
3 BOHERNA ON AIR
4 UNIQUE OPTION (M)
5 MUSTANG GARCIA (M)
6TALKING MAN (W)

21.15 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 13

1 TYRUR JAY
2 HACKNEY CARRIAGE
3 KILKENNY LONJACK (M)
4 MACHU PICCHU (M)
5 DILEMMAS FLIGHT (W)
6 MADGES MILLIONS (W)

21.30 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 14

1 GETMEADOCTOR
2 RONALDOS MERIT
3 DROOPYS MAESTRO (M)
4 SWIFT N SMART (W)
5 ROMEO TURBO (W)
6 BABY BLAZE (W)

21.45 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 15

1 BLONDE JEANNIE
2 SEANIS LAD
3 TEMPLELAD
4 SPLANC (M)
5 BLITZ (W)
6 BUBBLY TOTTI (W)

22.00 480M BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY 2ND RND HEAT 16

1 BARNFIELD WOODY
2 BLACKSTONE CHAMP
3 CATS WHISKERS (M)
4 RIO QUANDO (M)
5 LOWGATE THEO (W)
6 CASINO VALENTINE (W)

The latest betting is available here.

The Peterborough Puppy Derby continues on Wednesday with three semi finals. Ante-post selection Droopys Alonso won his heat and goes in the second semi.

Trap draw as below -

WEDNESDAY MAY 7 - PETERBOROUGH

21.15 420M STANJAMESUK.COM PETERBOROUGH PUPPY DERBY SEMI-FINAL 1

1 SPECIAL LIBERTY
2 CHEERFUL STORY
3 ELUSIVE TUESDAY
4 CONNA RODGER
5 JONOS PATIENCE
6 ME BUDDY

21.30 420M STANJAMESUK.COM PETERBOROUGH PUPPY DERBY SEMI-FINAL 2

1 DRIVE ON CAPTAIN
2 DROOPYS ALONSO
3 HES A MYSTERY
4 PLATINUM FORMALY
5 ZODIAC RAVEN (M)
6 STARDOME STORM (W)

21.45 420M STANJAMESUK.COM PETERBOROUGH PUPPY DERBY SEMI-FINAL 3

1 BIGWOOD ROCKET
2 GLENROE GINGER (M)
3 TURAR ABIT (M)
4 KILLACOLLA FOX (W)
5 PUCKAUN RICARDO (W)
6 DROOPYS MARCUS (W)

The latest betting is available here.

Really pushed for time tonight so just a quick post ahead of the Greyhound Derby.

Its a real tough competition and I'm taking two dogs against the field. Both Rio Quando and Tyrur Laurel are available at 25/1 and I'll have 3 points each way on them both. If you're playing make sure you take advantage of those bookies who each way terms cover the first six.

The Peterborough Puppy Derby also kicks off tonight and I've had another 3 points each way on Droopys Alsono who is a 20/1 shot with Corals.

Good luck to all the connections in the big one.

Cheers

As well as the big one, the Blue Square Greyhound Derby that is, the Peterborough Puppy Derby starts tomorrow evening. The final will be live on Sky Sports 2 on the 13th of May.

First round draw -

FRIDAY MAY 2
PETERBOROUGH

20.00 420M THE STANJAMESUK.COM PETERBOROUGH PUPPY DERBY

1 ICEMAN ARTHA (L BURFORD, COVEN)
2 PLATINUM FORMALY (G L DAVIDSON, CRYFD)
3 ZODIAC RAVEN (M) (N MCELLISTRIM, WDON)
4 DROOPYS DIVINE (W) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
5 DROOPYS OI OI (W) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
6 KILLACOLLA FOX (W) (N D JONES, READG)

20.15 420M THE STANJAMESUK.COM PETERBOROUGH PUPPY DERBY

1 CLASSY DEPOSIT (J W REYNOLDS, ROMFD)
2 CONNA RODGER (R SENIOR, PBRGH)
3 RAHYVIRA HOLIDAY (M) (S A WALSH, HARLOW)
4 GLENROE GINGER (M) (B DRAPER, UNATT)
5 DROOPYS GIAMATTI (W) (P J RICH, WSTOW)
6 DROOPYS MARCUS (W) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)

20.45 420M THE STANJAMESUK.COM PETERBOROUGH PUPPY DERBY

1 JONOS PATIENCE (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)
2 MATCH (K MULLINS, WSTOW)
3 CHEERFUL STORY (N MCELLISTRIM, WDON)
4 ELUSIVE TUESDAY (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)
5 MOTHBALL (L BURFORD, COVEN)
6 MISTLEY COLONEL (W) (K MULLINS, WSTOW)

21.00 420M THE STANJAMESUK.COM PETERBOROUGH PUPPY DERBY

1 ME BUDDY (M J DARTNALL, READG)
2 PINEWOOD EVO (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)
3 PHARAOH DIVER (J W REYNOLDS, ROMFD)
4 TURAR ABIT (M) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
5 GIFTED JACK (M) (S BAGGS, WSTOW)
6 PUCKAUN RICARDO (W) (S MAVRIAS, STGBRN)

21.30 420M THE STANJAMESUK.COM PETERBOROUGH PUPPY DERBY

1 HES A MYSTERY (J BATESON, UNATT)
2 ICEMAID LILLEY (L BURFORD, COVEN)
3 BIGWOOD ROCKET (M L LOCKE, ROMFD)
4 DIRECTORS JET (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
5 DRIVE ON CAPTAIN (J BATESON, UNATT)
6 UNIQUE DOUBLE (M F ALDEN, PBRGH)

21.45 420M THE STANJAMESUK.COM PETERBOROUGH PUPPY DERBY

1 DROOPYS ALONSO (D CHILDS, UNATT)
2 ICEMAN ALF (L BURFORD, COVEN)
3 BLUE TEDDY (H P J KEMP, PBRGH)
4 SPECIAL LIBERTY (J J COLEMAN, WSTOW)
5 MAGNA DAVE (B DRAPER, UNATT)
6 STARDOME STORM (W) (J T FOSTER, WDON)

The latest betting is available here.

The Regency is the main event on Sky Sports 1 tonight. The action, including a decent supporting card, starts at 7:30pm.

Speed Figs

T2 - Flying Winner 100
T5 - Glittering Aries 56
T3 - Swift Jade 50+
T1 - Ballymac Weeshie 40
T6 - Vatican Fyne (formerly Rough Rose) 26+
T4 - Sherries Boy 16

Flying Winner is well clear on the figures courtesy of a rapid 41.09 (calc) in the first round. She couldn't match that in the semi's after finding trouble and tonight’s race must revolve around whether she gets a clear run or not. Glittering Aries recorded the next best figure when chasing home Flying Winner in their heat.

Skydogs Tissue

The speed figures, with a little tweaking for the effects of the draw, convert to the odds below -

4/11 Flying Winner, 11/1 Glittering Aries, 14/1 Swift Jade, 16/1 Ballymac Weeshie, 28/1 Vatican Fyne, 40/1 Sherries Boy

Strictly on the odds the 11/8 available about Flying Winner is excellent value. Chris Lund's bitch will have to come through the pack again but if the gaps come she'll take some beating. The other market leader with the bookies is Ballymac Weeshie but he looks very short at around 2/1. Glittering Aries is interesting at the 20/1 put up by the layers. She has a poor draw out in trap five but is capable of a fast start and should go better than the odds suggest.

Swift Jade was the ante-post selection and Darryl Porter's bitch has made the final six. She'll be out the back early on but she's a real stayer and I'm hopeful she'll close in for a place at least.

A good race in prospect with several options for betting. Flying winner is the outright selection but an alternative would be to lay Ballymac Weeshie. Possibly even better value is cheap buy of Glittering Aries at 6 on the 50-25-10 spread market.

The Regency reaches its conclusion on Tuesday night and will be shown live on Sky.

The ante-post selection, Swift Jade, has made the final line up and I'm hopeful she'll stay on into a place at least.

Final trap draw as below -

21.45 HOVE 695M THE CORAL REGENCY - FINAL

1 BALLYMAC WEESHIE
2 FLYING WINNER
3 SWIFT JADE
4 SHERRIES BOY
5 GLITTERING ARIES
6 VATICAN FYNE (W)

The latest betting is available here.

The draw has been made for the first round of the Greyhound Derby and there are some interesting looking heats. It all starts on Friday the 2nd of May and I'm buzzing already!

I'll try and post an ante-post selection or two before kick off but with 136 dogs to look at it could take me a while to go through. In the meantime have a read of Darrell Williams' article on the Betfair dogs site which sets the scene for this years event.

BLUE SQUARE GREYHOUND DERBY, ROUND ONE
480M WIMBLEDON

TWO FIVE RUNNER HEATS: HEATS 7 AND 18
THE FIRST FOUR QUALIFY IN EACH HEAT EXCEPT
THERE ARE FIVE QUALIFIERS: HEATS 5, 14, 20 AND 22

FRIDAY MAY 2

HEAT 1

1 BALLYGARRON HOPE
2 FARLOE REASON (M)
3 DROOPYS KIOWA (W)
4 EYE ONTHE VETO (W)
5 ADVANTAGE JOHNNY (W)
6 GRANITE HILL (W)

HEAT 2

1 MACHU PICCHU (M)
2 MELODYS PET (M)
3 PODGES DILEMMA (M)
4 WESTMEAD LORD (W)
5 SHANACASHEL LAD (W)
6 UNIQUE PICTURE (W)

HEAT 3

1 BARAN PEDRO
2 LOCKDALE DIAMOND
3 CAPTAIN SOLO
4 DROOPYS BILLY (M)
5 TOOSEY BLUE (W)
6 EYE ONTHE FORCE (W)

HEAT 4

1 MALBAY RONALDO
2 BLONDE JEANNIE
3 FOREST SCHOLES
4 RONALDOS MERIT
5 LOYAL HONCHO (W)
6 BABY BLAZE (W)

HEAT 5 (FIVE QUALIFY)

1 BLONDE BUSTER
2 SEANIS STRIKE
3 TYRUR JAY
4 EXPRESS EGO
5 LOWGATE THEO (W)
6 ROMEO MALDINI (W)

HEAT 6

1 ULLID CONOR
2 SEANIS LAD
3 NINJA JAMIE (M)
4 BALLYMAC RUSO (M)
5 ATTYKIT ADMIRAL (M)
6 BARNFIELD LEO (W)

HEAT 7

1 PIGALLE LADY
2 GETMEADOCTOR
3 TEMPLE LAD
4 VACANT
5 BALLYAMC UNDER (M)
6 BUBBY TOTTI (W)

HEAT 8

1 BLACKSTONE CHAMP
2 HACKNEY CARRIAGE
3 NOIRS WILD (M)
4 HOLYROMANEMPEROR (M)
5 MYSTICAL HAKA (M)
6 MADGES MILLIONS (W)

HEAT 9

1 DROOPYS OBAFEMI
2 CLOUNTS FELIX
3 LENSON JOKER (M)
4 BARNFIELD ON AIR (M)
5 SIDE LEG (W)
6 BENS COURT (W)

HEAT 10

1 MILLIONS GIRL
2 CATUNDA HARRY (M)
3 MARSHMAN (M)
4 SHEEPWALK BANN (M)
5 DROPPYS CURBS (M)
6 SCINTILLA RUBY (W)

HEAT 11

1 COMMANDER CHIEF
2 PLOUGH LANE (M)
3 BLUE SCHMU (W)
4 ROMEO TURBO (W)
5 PENNYS FLEETFOOT (W)
6 ROSSACREDIBILITY (W)

SATURDAY MAY 3

HEAT 12

1 SPEARS TARQUYNN
2 BROADWAY SPARK
3 BLAZEAWAY MAJOR (W)
4 BLITZ (W)
5 A MILLION MAID (W)
6 SWIFT N SMART (W)

HEAT 13

1 FARLEY LEGEND
2 RONNIES HUSTLE
3 KNOCKANE LARK
4 BLONDE DINO (M)
5 WESTMEAD KEAWN (W)
6 EDWARDS SOLID (W)

HEAT 14 (FIVE QUALIFY)

1 YAHOO COMMANDER
2 MUSICAL JACK
3 DROOPYS MAESTRO (M)
4 CARLSBERG FLASH (M)
5 TALKING MAN (M)
6 HULK HOGAN (W)

HEAT 15

1 ROCKBURST MASON
2 LOVE TIGER
3 TOOSEY TOPS
4 BOHERASH PATRIOT (M)
5 DROOPYS WELLS (W)
6 ROMEO PRIMO (W)

HEAT 16

1 VANGELIS
2 FARLOE BLACK
3 BOHERNA ON AIR
4 FABULOUS AZURE (M)
5 UNIQUE OPTION (M)
6 MONIS PET (M)

HEAT 17

1 KRYPTONITE
2 CALZAGHE TED
3 LOVE MAC
4 HYPATIA BLUE
5 FOREST GUMP
6 TYRUR LAUREL (W)

HEAT 18

1 TYRUR ROCKY
2 BLACK ICE BOSS
3 VACANT
4 AVON SCHOLES (M)
5 FARLOE NIALL (M)
6 LETHAL FRANKIE (W)

HEAT 19

1 MUSTANG GARCIA (M)
2 ROCKY ROCKET (M)
3 CYCLERS LARK (M)
4 RIO QUANDO (M)
5 PEA BALL (W)
6 CASTLEMARY PODGE (W)

HEAT 20 (FIVE QUALIFY)

1 BARNFIELD MIKE
2 BARNFIELD WOODY
3 BLUE JOCKEY
4 BALLYGARRON ASH (W)
5 DROOPYS TOBY (W)
6 TYRUR RHINO (W)

HEAT 21

1 BRICKFIELD CLASS
2 LENSON EXPRESS
3 MISSED A TRAIN (W)
4 BARNFIELD SLIPPY (W)
5 CASINO VALENTINE (W)
6 DROOPYS NORMAN (W)

HEAT 22 (FIVE QUALIFY)

1 YOULLHAVETOGO
2 TRAINED ASSASIN
3 FARLOE BATMAN (M)
4 KILKENNY LONJACK (M)
5 DILEMMAS FLIGHT (W)
6 ANNUAL SCHOLES (W)

HEAT 23

1 FARLOE SUPERMAN
2 FINE MOMENT
3 TYRUR KIERAN
4 CATS WHISKERS (M)
5 SPLANK (M)
6 MOVE ON KEWELL (W)

The latest betting is available here.

Promising youngster Westmead Osprey remained unbeaten when taking the Ocean Trailers Puppy Stakes at Walthamstow. Nick Savva's dog was away well and never headed. He won at 4/6 which was probably about the right price ... the evens on Betfair did not last long!

Lethal Freddie ran better than expected coming home second, he benefited from a clear run on the outside while Turar Abit, Presence Of Mind and Cunning Devil all got in each others way on the inner.

The Ocean Trailers Puppy Stakes final heads a good looking card at Walthamstow tonight. Nick Savva has the favourite for the main event in the shape of Westmead Osprey who is a son of his dual Derby winner, Westmead Hawk.

Speed Figs

T4 - Westmead Osprey 100
T1 - Turar Abit 76+
T2 - Presence Of Mind 70
T5 - Cunning Devil 61+
T3 - Little Jig 50+
T6 - Lethal Freddie 50

Westmead Osprey is well clear on the numbers and I expect him to lead on the run up and go on from there. Turar Abit is well drawn in the red jacket and is capable of better than his rating suggests, he could be the one to chase home Nick Savva's dog.

Skydogs Tissue

The odds I've come up with for this one based on the speed figures and tweaked for the trap draw are -

10/11 Westmead Osprey, 6/1 Turar Abit, 15/2 Presence Of Mind, 10/1 Cunning Devil, 16/1 Lethal Freddie, 18/1 Little Jig

Only Blue Square have priced the event up so far and the interesting dog for me is Lethal Freddie who they have at 5/1. He would be one to take on at that sort of price. Westmead Osprey is quoted at 8/11 which is a tad short but there's even money available on Betfair which looks worth taking.