There's a nice and rather poignant series of articles by Darrell Williams on the Betfair greyhound site about some of the tracks from days gone by, click here for a trip down memory lane.

The ante-post selection, Hotdog Jack, is safely through to the semi finals of the Springbok winning his heat in the fastest time of the night.

The bookies now have him at a best priced 7/4 ahead of his clash on Friday with deposed favourite for the event, Beardys Harry.