Coral Champion Stakes Final: Who will triumph tonight at Romford?
The £10,000 Coral Champion Stakes final (575m) which gets underway at Romford tonight (9.45pm) remains very wide open after a series of shock results and surprise eliminations throughout the opening two rounds. Each finalist is potentially capable of triumphing tonight but who will it be?
Trap one: Kildallon Bound (7-2)
Kildallon Bound, whose career kicked off to a poor start in April, has managed to turn things around recently and become one of the top b*****s in her class.
Bound has picked up nine victories from her last 11, from which she also bagged connections the Puppy trophy at Nottingham and at Hove in July.
Trained under Pat Cowdril, she currently claims the fastest time clocked out of the finalist (25.20sec) in the competition and has clocked up an impressive run at Romford even though being denied victory in last week’s semis by Bubbly Verdasco.
The speedy trapper is drawn with the ideal red jacket, leaving her in a good position to pay punters dividends if she can bring the same early pace as in the opening heats.
Another key will be to avoid any collisions from trap two star’ Raving Black.
Trap two: Raving Black (7-2)
The recent winner of the Cesarwitch at Oxford and Rose Bowl at Romford is one hound which has led the ante-post market purely because of his credentials and experience over the track and trip.
Unfortunately, the Seamus Cahill-trained charge has yet to break from the boxes in his best fashion, but tipsters are certain that he will recoup losses tonight.
A victory for Cahill tonight could also well seal his first Champion Trainer title as he would go well clear at the top of the table standings.
Black will need to outpace T1 and T3 to the first bend to score.
Trap three: Bubbly Verdasco (4-1)
Don’t let the so-called coffin box trap three draw put you off from backing this early pacer, who is yet unbeaten and fairly quick.
Trainer Paul Young will be doubly represented tonight, but his star in the white jacket looks the one to back out of his duo.
Verdasco is another greyhound that’s quite familiar with the course and distance and is priced a lot higher than you would expect.
He’s one with a strong chance.
Trap four: Bourne Masons (5-1)
Champion trainer Mark Wallis will be hoping for Bourne Masons to bring the same running boots with him as he did in last week’s semi-finals when setting the fastest time of the night (35.54sec).
Although he doesn't quite take the eye as a winner in this line-up, and if he fails to break he will definitely struggle.
Wallis will be hoping for either T4 or T6 to prevail, not just for the spoils, but to put him within reasonable range in the current Champion Trainer standings, in which trainer Cahill currently leads.
Trap five: Centurion Enry (6-1)
Centurion Enry had a good opening run when clocking 35.38sec, but was beaten in the semis as a favourite to Masons, who scored by over two lengths.
It will be a battle between the orange jacket and stripes, and if either can take the early command, a big price will surely be paid.
Trap six: All That Noise (12-1)
All That Noise landed something of a shock in taking last week’s opening semi final heat for Wallis in trap to line fashion as he led home hot favourite Raving Black, who found early trouble.
Many have already ruled him out; suggesting a lot of luck will be required.
But I quite fancy the striped jacket, who’s housed well, suited with the wide draw and capable of producing good early pace.
The Wallis trained charge who’s the brother of English Derby finalist’ Adageo may very well pay out odds of a staggering 12-1.
Bettor.com prediction: 6 + 3 + 4
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