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The Betfair Trainers' Championship takes place on March 1
"Wimbledon on Tuesday also gave a lot of people their first sighting of Dolores Ruth's talking dog Razldazl Jayfkay. And the Irish raider didn't disappoint."
Trainers get in the mood for March 1 showdown, talking dog puts up and will they let the dogs out at Kempton and Towcester?
The countdown to the Betfair Trainers' Championship pretty much began at Wimbledon's Springbok meeting on Sky on Tuesday when four of the six trainers who will line up in the eight-race shootout at Plough Lane on March 22 had runners.
Seamus Cahill, Mark Wallis, Charlie Lister and Chris Allsopp were all represented on the card as they gave some of their likely team experience of Wimbledon, and that is likely to happen again for the next Sky meeting, also at Wimbledon, on March 1.
That's the night of the Juvenile Championship and Wallis, Lister, Allsopp and Cahill are sure to have some of the best on show in the main event and supporting card. And Pat Rosney and Paul Young, the two trainers who make up the six for the Betfair Trainers' Championship, are sure to join the fray
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Wimbledon on Tuesday also gave a lot of people their first sighting of Dolores Ruth's talking dog Razldazl Jayfkay. And the Irish raider didn't disappoint.
He found trouble in the race won by Saint Jack, but on a track clearly favouring the outside, he showed admirable gears to challenge for the lead on a couple of occasions.
Inexperience might just have cost him, but Razldazl Jayfkay, along with his brother Razldazl George, also beaten on the night when also finding bother, will be back.
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The Champagne Club is looking forward to the Derby with interest after the purchase of Razldazl Joe from Dolores Ruth's kennel.
Bubbly Razldazl is now the dog's name and he boasts some very decent Irish form.
The Club will be hoping he can follow the likes of Bubbly Totti and Bubbly Maestro, both of whom ran with great credit for the members in the Classic.
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Betfair Prestige winner Blue Bee heads a very strong field for the Golden Jacket, one of greyhound racing's most popular competitions, which starts at Crayford on Friday.
Matt Dartnall's bitch has a peach of a draw on the inside in heat two over the Kent track's 714m and is a leading contender for outright honours along with the Jacket's two previous winners Lorrys Options and Group Skater, who both return to Crayford.
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Kinda Ready is on the comeback trail. The 2009 Derby champion led home highly rated Romeo Reason in a 480m trial at Wimbledon on Tuesday and ultimately has another crack at the Classic as his main target.
He is almost sure to be part of Mark Wallis's team for the Betfair Trainers' Championship, but might also take in the Scottish Derby en route to Wimbledon.
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Finally, efforts to introduce greyhound racing at horse racing tracks such as Towcester and Kempton are continuing. But as yet nothing has been confirmed.
One source said: "It's hoped to put a track in at Towcester, but things might well kick off with ball-hare racing up a straight there.
"And that's also the plan with Kempton providing the sport's authorities agree to trials, and the track itself is happy. The lure of greyhound racing in front of packed grandstands, just as was the case at Cheltenham a few years back, could be tough to resist.
"Greyhound racing seems to be staging something of a comeback with big crowds reported, and one of two extremely positive announcements for the sport imminent."
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