The Ladbrokes Puppy Derby starts tomorrow evening at Monmore and looks set to be a cracking contest. Depending on which website you believe, the NGRC or the BGRB, the final will be on Sky on the 20th of March ... or not!

Ballymac Under puts his unbeaten record on the line again and even at a best priced 7/4 there'll be plenty of punters willing to support the Martin Dartnall trained dog. He goes in the first heat at 8 o'clock and it looks a relatively weak affair from which he should have no trouble progressing.

When a short one heads the market there can often be some each way value to be had elsewhere and this time round I think it comes in the shape of ex-Irish dog Cherryhill Boys. This son of Joe Dunne Memorial Puppy Stake winner Jim Joes Up showed good early pace when taking an unraced stake at Clonmel recently, recording a nice 28.71 in the final. If he's settled in on this side of the water he can go a long way and looks well capable of progressing from heat five.

Bet - 4 points each way on Cherryhill Boys at 25/1 (Bet365)

The Ladbrokes Puppy Derby kicks off at Monmore tomorrow evening. Current English Derby favourite Ballymac Under understandably heads the market at 7/4 but there are some other exciting youngsters in the line up and it should be a good competition.

Trap draw-

THURSDAY MARCH 6
MONMORE

20.26 480M LADBROKES PUPPY DERBY 2008 - HEAT 1

1 BALLYMAC UNDER (M J DARTNALL, READG)
2 DROOPYS IVANOVIC (C ALLSOPP, MONMR)
3 SWIFT MOMENT (J W REYNOLDS, ROMFD)
4 DROOPYS MIKEL (K J PRINCE, MONMR)
5 TELLS MICHELLE (M) (J W REYNOLDS, ROMFD)
6 ETHANS GLORY (W) (C R LISTER, UNATT)

20.42 480M LADBROKES PUPPY DERBY 2008 - HEAT 2

1 DROOPYS ENZO (E SOPPITT, UNATT)
2 ONTHERIVER TEN (H CHALKLEY, HNLOW)
3 HARMONY BOY (M J WHITE, UNATT)
4 COOLAVANNY DART (M) (E T PARKER, SHEFF)
5 MOTTOS STAR (M) (C R LISTER, UNATT)
6 ROCKCHASE SAMY (W) (P W YOUNG, ROMFD)

20.58 480M LADBROKES PUPPY DERBY 2008 - HEAT 3

1 ARDMAYLE CHAMP (M J DARTNALL, READG)
2 ON HIS WAY (D J ATKINS, HNLOW)
3 LAVENDERS GRANT (P W YOUNG, ROMFD)
4 ROCKBURST MASON (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)
5 SLICK SULTAN (K R ALLSOP, UNATT)
6 LENSON THREEWAYS (M) (A M P COLLETT, STGBRN)

21.15 480M LADBROKES PUPPY DERBY 2008 - HEAT 4

1 CARLSBERG FLASH (B SILKMAN, UNATT)
2 COOLAVANNY TRAIN (E T PARKER, SHEFF)
3 WHITEOAK IRIS (A K JENKINS, HALLG)
4 BURNPARK CHAMP (M) (C ALLSOPP, MONMR)
5 TITAN TYRONE (M) (L DOYLE, SHAWF)
6 BLONDE DRUMMER (M) (J G MULLINS, UNATT)

21.30 480M LADBROKES PUPPY DERBY 2008 - HEAT 5

1 CHERRYHILL BOYS (A K JENKINS, HALLG)
2 LOCKDALE DIAMOND (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)
3 BUENO BOY (C S GOMERSALL, SWNDN)
4 DROOPYS THOMAS (M) (K J PRINCE, MONMR)
5 SWIFT JAMES (W) (J G MULLINS, UNATT)
6 UNIQUE PICTURE (W) (K MULLINS, WSTOW)

21.45 480M LADBROKES PUPPY DERBY 2008 - HEAT 6

1 DRIVE ON CAPTAIN (J BATESON, UNATT)
2 ARD ENGINE (P W YOUNG, ROMFD)
3 BALLYMAC KEN (S BAGGS, WSTOW)
4 BLONDE TARA (M) (J G MULLINS, UNATT)
5 BARNFIELD LORETO (M) (S POOTS, UNATT)
6 GOLD WHISPER (M) (E T PARKER, SHEFF)

The latest betting is available here.