Greyhounds News / Editor / 07 September 2009 / Leave a comment

All the latest greyhounds news as Lenson Joker bows out, Buckley's superstar bids for domination and the Betfair East Anglian derby heats get underway...

"The heats of the Betfair East Anglian Derby beamed live into the country's betting shops on Wednesday night. Early trading has Charlie Lister's pair of Farloe Reason and Fear Zafonic vying for favouritism."

College Causeway is one step away from completing his utter domination of the Irish Derby at Shebourne Park.

Pat Buckley's superstar kicked off his Classic campaign with a track record in the first round and, having come through in typical strong-running style in Saturday's semis, rates a 2.5 chance to grab gold in Saturday's final.

The 550 yards final, worth 150,000 euros to the winner, is live on Sky Sports News and SIS on Saturday.

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Yarmouth also features on SIS this week, with the heats of the Betfair East Anglian Derby beamed live into the country's betting shops on Wednesday night.
Early trading has Charlie Lister's pair of Farloe Reason and Fear Zafonic vying for favouritism.

The Betfair Derby was won last by Ninja Jamie, another Lister-trained dog after Farloe Reason, his brother, had set a then track record in the heats.

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There's more positive news coming from the Save Our Stow campaign.
Meetings between parties interested in purchasing the site which houses Walthamstow Stadium and the land's current owners are understood to be in the pipeline.

This has followed a concerted campaign in the local media, with the council still believed to be key players in deciding whether planning permission will ever be granted for housing.

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Lenson Joker has run his last race.

The Greyhound of the Year bowed out at the semi-final stage of the Champion Stakes at Romford and failed to make a successful return there on final night live on Sky.

He has now arrived at the kennels of trainer Chris Cronin, where he will stand at stud.

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Blue Gooner, a Derby finalist in the 1990s at Wimbledon, recently passed away.

Owned by Roy Felmingham and trained by Brian Clemenson, he enjoyed a successful time at stud with Pam Heasman, siring a host of winners.

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Betfair have launched a market on the St Leger, the stayers' Classic at Wimbledon which kicks off next month.

Early trading has Midway Skipper a warm favourite to add the Leger to her TV Trophy crown.

Victory for Henry Chalkley's bitch might also improve her standing in the minds of the Greyhound Writers' Association when it comes to deciding Greyhound of the Year.

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Belle Vue has been host to some of the best pups around of late and Thursday's final of the Manchester Puppy Cup looks a cracker.
Last year's final included the likes of Deanridge Fury (winner), Fear Zafonic, Crown Rover and Jesters Nap.

This year's heat winners were Jumeirah Brett, Killieford Fire and Little Gaffer.

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Harlow has announced it is in consultation with the local council over plans to expand the track.

The Essex venue's owners are ready to invest heavily in the track itself to expand the circumference markedly.

A track insider said: "The owners are keen to make the track more attractive to the bigger trainers and the better dogs. If they can get to a standard distance of something around 480m, then they see huge potential for more valuable races, new sponsors, and generally better greyhound racing all round."

There is land adjacent to the track to develop, pending planning permission.

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