Derby final, quite literally, up for grabs

We’d all like to see six dogs line up for the Derby — not least connections of Kereight King — but there are five great stories with those still standing and I don’t suppose whoever is lucky enough to pick up the trophy and the €125,000 cheque on Saturday night will worry about how many rivals his/her greyhound beat in the final.

It’s a great achievement by the Glenamaddy team to get Tyrur Sugar Ray to the final for the second consecutive year and, given how unfortunate he was in the Ladbrokes 600 earlier in the year, it would be hard to argue that PJ and Conor Fahy’s dog would not be a deserving champion.

With the clouds which have hung over some of the other strongly fancied runners, it’s easy to forget that this fellow was considered a doubtful runner at the start of the competition.