2023 Greyhound Derby final betting: Swords Rex red-hot favourite

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Semi-Final 2

🥇 T5 Swords Rex
🥈 T4 Romeo Command
🥉 T6 Ninja Kerry

⏱ 28.76

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Trap 4: Swords Rex @ 4/6

Holland took the trophy back to Ireland 12 months ago and is strongly fancied to repeat the trick. Swords Rex began the competition as 10/1 favourite after setting a then Towcester track record of 28.76 in a trial stakes and has only enhanced his reputation with five smooth successes in the competition proper. He quickly took control of proceedings to score in 28.93 three times and 28.95 before blasting out and blazing a trail in the second semi-final, scorching around in 28.76 again. Has already won two big finals on the Emerald Isle and will be hard to beat if breaking as well as usual in the decider.

Trap 5: Clona Duke @ 3/1

Set Towcester alight when scorching to a 28.73 triumph in the first round but was then merely workmanlike, rather than spectacular, in his next three races. However, Holland’s proven performer recaptured his sparkle in the opening semi by romping home nearly five lengths clear in a sensational 28.69. The sectional times suggest he will struggle to clear kennel mate Swords Rex on the run to the turn, but Clona Duke sprang a 20/1 surprise when successful in last October’s Juvenile Derby Final at Shelbourne Park, so write him off at your peril here.

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Semi-Final 1

🥇 T2 Clona Duke
🥈 T1 Gaytime Nemo
🥉 T4 Cochise

⏱ 28.69 (Track Record)

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Trap 6: Ninja Kerry @ 33/1

Went round second behind Swords Rex in the semis but had his limitations exposed and was eventually beaten by five and a half lengths in third. A nice turn of early pace has helped him to belie some big prices by continually qualifying in place positions and connections will be more than happy with getting the striped jacket, but surely this is a bridge too far.

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