William Hill have been rewarded for their big money sponsorship of the Festival of Racing at Sunderland with an excellent field for the 'Classic' which begins with six first round heats on Saturday night.
The likes of Tyrur Kieran, Toosey Blue, Ninja Jamie, Kilkenny Lonjack and Kryptonite all go to the boxes for what looks a cracking nights racing.
The full first round draw is as below -
20.20 450M WILLIAM HILL CLASSIC HEAT 1
1 SEANIS LAD (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)
2 MANCINI (E SOPPITT, UNATT)
3 BARNFIELD WEEMAN (G J HUTT, UNATT)
4 SWIFT JAMES (M) (J G MULLINS, YRMTH)
5 BOWER KEANE (W) (K A MACARI, SLAND)
6 DROOPYS WELLS (W) (E MCNAIR, UNATT)
20.36 450M WILLIAM HILL CLASSIC HEAT 2
1 TYRUR KIERAN (P HENNESSY, IRE)
2 BARNFIELD MIKE (M) (G J HUTT, UNATT)
3 PLOUGH LANE (M) (J BATESON, UNATT)
4 DEANRIDGE CASPER (M) (P W YOUNG, ROMFD)
5 LETHAL FREDDIE (W) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
6 TOOSEY BLUE (W) (J G MULLINS, YRMTH)
20.52 450M WILLIAM HILL CLASSIC HEAT 3
1 BLINDIN BELL (D MULLINS, ROMFD)
2 LENSON EXPRESS (A M P COLLETT, STGBRN)
3 MILLDEAN BUSTER (M) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
4 FEAR HARIBO (M) (C R LISTER, UNATT)
5 STORMY SCHOLES (M) (G J HUTT, UNATT)
6 WESTMEAD LORD (W) (N SAVVA, HNLOW)
21.56 450M WILLIAM HILL CLASSIC HEAT 4
1 LENSON EARL (A M P COLLETT, STGBRN)
2 KRYPTONITE (C R LISTER, UNATT)
3 ROUGH GERRARD (M) (R GREY, PELAW)
4 BARNFIELD WOODY (M) (G J HUTT, UNATT)
5 COOLAVANNY SMOKE (M) (P B PHILPOTT, UNATT)
6 KILKENNY LONJACK (W) (S A CAHILL, WSTOW)
22.13 450M WILLIAM HILL CLASSIC HEAT 5
1 DROOPYS MARK (J M WALTON, BVUE)
2 NINJA JAMIE (C R LISTER, UNATT)
3 DROOPYS SHEEHY (E T PARKER, SHEFF)
4 CARLSBERG FLASH (M) (E MCNAIR, UNATT)
5 HILLCROSS ZEUS (M) (S MASON, HULL)
6 DROOPYS CARVALHO (W) (J G MULLINS, YRMTH)
22.30 450M WILLIAM HILL CLASSIC HEAT 6
1 ME BUDDY (M J DARTNALL, READG)
2 SEANIS STRIKE (M A WALLIS, WSTOW)
3 LIVELY ARTHUR (E MCNAIR, UNATT)
4 NOELLES DEANO (J A TEAL, SLAND)
5 APACHE DAWN (R H KERR, UNATT)
6 MEENALA CRUISER (W) (J BATESON, UNATT)
The latest betting is available here.