The Golden Sprint starts tonight at Romford and its a good looking contest. Heat two looks set to be a cracker where Blonde Jet, who won more Open's in 2007 than any other dog takes on Sprinter of the Year, Horseshoe Ping. I fancy Blonde Jet to prevail from a great draw in trap 1.

In fact I'm going to back Maria Dennis' brindle to go all the way and land outright honours. There is a slight worry that this 400 metre trip will just stretch his stamina but with a week in between each round of this competition he will have plenty of time to recover from his exertions and at the standout 10/1 put up by Totesport he represents decent value.

Bet - 8 points each way Blonde Jet at 10/1 (Totesport)

The ante-post favourite for the Blue Riband, Charlie Lister's Ninja Jamie, has been withdrawn and will be replaced by Next Captain. Blonde Jeannie is the new jolly at around 5/1.