There is €7,000 up for grabs in tonight’s final of the Gain Dog Foods Christmas Oaks at Shelbourne Park and the Denis Hannon owned and trained Springwell Watsy earns a narrow vote to follow up last week’s impressive display.

Cromac Belle set the pace in the semi-finals of the Gain Dog Foods Christmas Oaks on Saturday night at Shelbourne Park.

Although the quarter-finals of the Sporting Press Irish Oaks topped Saturday’s programme at Shelbourne, the greyhound most were looking forward to seeing was Droopys Nidge, who had produced the fastest ever debut in Ireland when posting 28.09 in the first round of the ECC Timber Champion Puppy Stake.