Diamond record proves costly but Irish Derby just gets better

ONLY one greyhound to start with when it came to the weekly Irish Derby catch-up with BoyleSports' odds compiler Damien Lonergan, namely record-breaking Bockos Diamond.

Now Damo loves a top class performance as much as anyone, but having offered, and been well accommodated by punters at the price, 10-1 about Pestana's 550 yards track record being broken during the competition, mixed feelings would be understandable.

All the same, it was a nice touch for him to wear orange marking the fact that Graham Holland's dog did the business from trap five ...

In conversation with Jonathan Kay, there is also an early look at this weekend's quarter-final prices - correct at time of recording on Sunday afternoon.