Daily Dogs Bets: Return of the Ninja

Daily Greyhound Bets / Darrell Williams / 22 September 2009 / Leave a Comment

"If Swift Ninja's recent trials around Monmore are anything to go by, he looks ready to bounce back first time with a victory."

While the Sky cameras concentrate on Yarmouth, punters should not forget there's also an excellent card at Sheffield, featuring the heats of the Ebor (720m) plus the semi-finals of the Puppy Silver Collar, writes Darrell Williams.

The first heat of the Ebor (7:27) sees the welcome comeback of Michael Harris' Swift Ninja, who has been off the track since April, but if his recent trials around Monmore are anything to go by, he looks ready to bounce back first time with a victory.

While in-form rival Run Of The Hawk will understandably have his supporters, Swift Ninja has yet to taste defeat in four previous attempts over this specialist trip and if you can secure [2.2] or bigger it's definitely worth taking.

Droopys Joaquin could have done with a draw slightly closer to the fence in his Puppy Collar semi-final (8:31), but with a trio of off the pace sorts on his inside, Michael Walsh's youngster might not be badly treated. Fourth in the Puppy Classic final at Nottingham, he certainly has the class, as he proved when running away with his heat last week. I'm in the hunt for [2.8] or better.

The other semi-final (8:14) looks far more competitive, and it's easy to make cases for both Eye Onthe Flash and Loyal Rebel, but this might be the last chance to get a decent price about Slick Robert, who could hardly have made a bigger impact on his British debut in last week's heats when clocking the fastest time of the round. If you can hunt down anything around [3.5] or bigger, take it!