Greyhound Tips: Candlelight Fire to strike in Breeders’ Stakes Finals
Greyhound Tips: Candlelight Fire to strike in Breeders’ Stakes Finals
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Candlelight Fire is the one to beat this evening as the British Breeders’ Stakes Final takes centre-stage at Nottingham.
Elaine Parker’s star is unbeaten in his last four starts and was hugely impressive when coming through the heats and semi-final to reach this evening’s climax.
Traditionally the three-year-old is first out of the traps. If he can get a lightning-fast start again this evening, then he could be difficult to catch at odds of 6/4.
Elizabeth McNair’s runner is in good form but still has it all to do to reverse placings with the favourite after finishing second behind Candlelight Fire in the semi-final. The good news is that he’s won four times at Nottingham in the past year and a half.
If he’s to spring a shock tonight, then he’ll need to steal a march on Parker’s contender from the off.
Though inexperienced compared to the two leading contenders, Dave Firmager’s fancy was impressive in the third semi-final.
He clocked an identical time to market leader Candlelight Fire and managed to break his Nottingham hoodoo in the process.
A record of only four wins from 15 is a worry, but Romeo Desperado certainly appears to be the value pick from tonight’s runners.
We then have a big jump to Far Bank Frank and Queen Dawn, both of whom come in at 10/1.
The former has only won twice since February and recorded a time over half a second slower than tonight’s leading contenders in his semi-final, while the latter is a progressive type who’s already improved on her heat performance in the semi-finals.
Bringing up the rear at Nottingham should be the totally unfancied Lowgate Malfoy. At 20/1, our traders haven’t given him a prayer.
The son of Windy Millar is without a sub-30 second performance at Nottingham in almost a year. With the quality on show in the Midlands tonight, it’s hard to make a case for the Jim Hayton-trained dog putting up much of a fight over 500m.
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