Kiowa Myth will have another crack at the Irish Derby Plate
Kiowa Myth returns to Shelbourne to compete in the annual renewal of the Ladbrokes Irish Greyhound Derby Plate which gets underway tonight.
The American-trained charge, which is handled by Maurice O'Connor, had a terrific Derby Plate campaign last year when picking up straight wins to reach the final, but missed out miserably on title claims by two lengths when losing to Thurlesbeg Joker.
Myth tends to perform at his best when drawn near the rails, he has been drawn in trap four in heat three tonight, which shouldn’t really get in the way of his chase to complete his American dream considering the pack he is up against.
There will be a total of six heats for the opening round, so you can be sure to expect some fantastic racing at Shelbourne. Against Myth there are a few other known star performers worth keeping an eye on, and perhaps backing early on in the ante-post market.
I quite like the look of Oaks winner’ Skywalker Queen, who has been gifted with the stripes in heat five, and judging her recent form, certainly has the ability to dominate a race.
Heat four should also provide a cracking race, in which Slippery Dave is likely to go off favourite but Baytown Boss, Kilmalady Torres, Tyrur Dylan and St Louis Spirit are all sure to be strongly supported.
Others worth noting are Kingo in heat one and Ned From Donard in heat six.
The top four in each heat will prevail through to the second round, which greyhound do you fancy landing this year’s €5000 prize and trophy?
Ladbrokes Greyhound Derby Plate heats:
Heat one – 21:10: T1 Clontarf Hero, T2 Royal Tornado, T3 Skywalker Cindy, T4 Ballymac Mitsy, T5 Dartrey Spring, T6 Kingo
Heat two – 21:25: T1 Must Be Cantona, T2 Monks Patriot, T3 Headleys Jake, T4 Hold On Buddy, T5 Tyrur Dougie, T6 Kerrydale Farloe
Heat three – 21:40: T1 Cartiers Dazzle, T2 Judicial Academy, T3 Westmead Bolt, T4 Kiowa Myth, T5 Skywalker Kim, T6 Marshals Gold
Heat four – 21:55: T1 Coolcastle Jet, T2 Baytown Boss, T3 Kilmalady Torres, T4 Slippery Dave, T5 Tyrur Dylan, T6 St Louis Spirit
Heat five – 22:10: T1 Nighthawk Boy, T2 Three On Three, T3 Crash Bandit, T4 Fleetwood Nick, T5 Mustang Johnny, T6 Skywalker Queen
Heat six – 22:25: T1 Black Paws Down, T2 January Breeze, T3 Boherash Torres, T4 Ballyfeard Brave, T5 Tyrur Lucky, T6 Ned From Donard
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