All-final night at Tralee’s Christmas spectacular

GREYHOUND RACING: The cost of the January and December snow blizzards to the general greyhound has been enormous and there is no let-up with many tracks losing out this week as the snows returned with a vengeance. Tonight’s meetings at Galway, Mullingar and Drumbo Park have been called off.

Let’s hope that the last big night of the year gets the go-ahead at Tralee tonight. The Greyhound & Petworld Kingdom Derby carries a prize of €10,000 and the final is the headliner on a very attractive twelve race card which is comprised entirely of sweepstake finals. The Kingdom Derby final promises to be a real cracker with Calling Spice and Bling Bling Buzz the big two in the competition up to last weekend when Willie Barry’s Movealong Tony burst on the scene with a scorching 28.54 run.

Graham Holland’s Calling Spice has produced some sparkling performances and her early pace has been just too much for her rivals. Can she repeat it in the final? Paddy The Pricer, General Dogsbody and Ballymac Linda complete the field and they all have the ability to be very much involved in the battle.