Greyhound Trader’s Tips: Saturday at Henlow, Sheffield and more

Trap four is the favoured gate at Doncaster. It hasproduced 109 winners at a strike-rate of 20% so far in 2020, which gives it thebest record of the six.

That ought to suit Cherokee Chief, who’ll gofrom trap four at 2:22 as he bids to continue his impressive record of two winsfrom three at the Yorkshire track. He’s trained out of the excellent ShaunParker kennel, who have enjoyed 83 winners in Graded company at Doncasteralready this year, operating at a strike-rate of 24%.

Sheffield (Saturday Evening)

Greyhound enthusiasts up-and-down the land will belooking forward to the 9:18 here which doubles up as the Steel City Cup Final.It’s worth a tasty £10,000 to the winner and will be the lade Grade 1 event inthe UK for the foreseeable future due to coronavirus.

Headford Ranger could be the one to beat. He’s poweredthrough the competition thus far, winning his first and second round heats by acombined 11l¾. We reckon he’s sure to be popular for the final itself.

The bad news is that he’s been draw in trap five. As a railer, he’ll be edging across the dogs to the left of him to try and find the rail. If he’s to manage that, then he’ll need to ping straight out of the traps and force his way across. And that’s easier said than done.

Deadly Expert is the dog with the best draw. He’ll go from trap six. With the other five set to tangle each other up on the inside, he looks likely to have a clear run on the outside after winning his semi-final convincingly last Saturday.

His chances are further improved by the trap sixbias at Sheffield. The stripes have been the place to be at the Yorkshire trackin 2020, with trap six operating a strike-rate of over 20%.

Crayford (Saturday Evening)

We round things off at Crayford where SouthfieldDele has made a magnificent start to his career. After impressing in histrials, he’s gone on to win two races from three, overcoming trouble in-runningduring each of those wins.

His trainer David Lee is running at a 19%strike-rate this year. He sends his puppy into A5 company tonight. Given hisapparent scope for improvement, that shouldn’t be a worry.

He’ll be looking to display his early pace once more and get to the front as soon as he can from trap four. That doesn’t look like being a hinderance at Crayford either, with trap four producing no less than 137 wins so far in 2020.

All odds and markets correct as of date of publication.