The build-up to the Sportsbet Pink Diamond Finals – Australia’s richest regional event for greyhounds – increases today with heats at Shepparton this afternoon and Ballarat this evening.
One of the star attractions at Shepparton is Unleash Collinda in the first heat of the Champion Sprinter (450m), which is Race 8 at 4:52pm.
This year’s runner-up in finals of the Group 2 Shepparton Cup (450m) and Group 2 Ballarat Cup (450m) secured the 25th victory of his career from 40 starts in brilliant fashion last start.
Unleash Collinda established his third track record over the 400-metre trip at Geelong on May 27 in 21.995 seconds, which eclipsed the time standard of 22.01 seconds set by Aston Bolero on August 26, 2016.
UNLEASH COLLINDA (2) WAS AMAZING AT GEELONG ON MAY 27:
Group 3 winner Hector Fawley returns from an unlucky run in a heat of the Group 3 Carnival Chase (600m) at Albion Park in the first heat of the Champion Distance (650m), which is Race 5 at 4:17pm.
Last year’s Group 1 Sandown Cup (715m) champion Untapped is the first star to appear at Ballarat in the second heat of the Champion Distance (660m), which is Race 6 at 6:37pm.
Silver Brute – last year’s Short Course champion – lines up against Group 2 Shepparton Cup winner Lektra Heckler in the second heat of the Champion Short Course (390m), which is Race 7 at 6:54pm.
SILVER BRUTE (2) WON LAST YEAR’S PINK DIAMOND CHAMPION SHORT COURSE FINAL:
Dual Group 2 country cup winner Mobile Legend is racing for the first time since the Group 1 Temlee (525m) on February 11 in the second heat of the Champion Sprinter (450m), which is Race 8 at 7:19pm.
Premier Racing at Sandown Park tonight is highlighted by the clash between last Thursday night’s Judy Hayley Memorial (515m) winner Bobby Axelrod and the immensely-talented Big Energy in Race 4 at 7:07pm.
Three Group finals are being staged at Albion Park this evening and the biggest event is the Group 2 Flying Amy Classic Final (520m), which is Race 8 at 9:10pm.
Alpha Zulu has been triumphant in six of his eight starts and he is considered the biggest danger to Group 1 National Derby (520m) champion Victa Damian.
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