Rocks to dominate Derby

AFTER the events of the quarter-finals of two weeks ago, it’s unsurprising that tonight’s final of the Ladbrokes.com Irish Greyhound Derby has a very open look about it.

The bookmakers differ in their opinion of which dog should head the market but there seems little doubt that Bet365’s 11-4 about Rockchase Bullet is a shade too long.

The draw is a bit of an unknown. He has raced from trap six twice and certainly cut to the rails to some degree on each occasion, but he was an inexperienced dog at that stage and it might be wrong to be too dogmatic about his lack of suitability to the trap.