Panther taking next step

The after-racing workouts at Leopardstown tomorrow afternoon will be more exciting than any of the competitive action on the horse racing scene this weekend but on the greyhound front, the action steps up a gear.

If you have no prearrangements for this evening then it’s a must that you make it to Shelbourne Park, or Curraheen Park or any other greyhound stadium from which you will be able to see the pictures from Shelbourne and, in particular, the first semi-final of the SIS Live Gold Cup.

For tonight is the night when the great canine hope of Irish Greyhound Racing — the unbeaten Milldean Panther — gets his mettle tested for the very first time.