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.