Make it Martinstown to sew it up early

Broadstrand Lad may be approaching his fourth birthday, but the brilliant son of Hallucinate retains all his ability and he will be bidding for the biggest title of his career when he lines out in the final of the Tyrur McGuigan @ Stud Open 575.

The John Linehan-trained tracker certainly deserves a big prize, but he won’t have things easy from a tricky draw in trap four. Favourite to claim the €€7,000 prize is Martinstown Snow, while sponsor PJ Fahy also holds a strong hand with both Tyrur Domingo and Tyrur Willyjoe. The field is completed by Ohio Rumble and Croom Star and neither can be dismissed too lightly.

It’s a line up that does justice to what has been a wonderful competition. In fact, such is the open nature of the contest that no greyhound was available at bigger than 7-1 during the week.