ESKE FACES TRICKY DRAW IN DERBY
THE INCOMPARABLE BALLYMAC ESKE (ABOVE) FACES A POTENTIAL BANANA SKIN IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THIS YEARS WILLIAM HILL DERBY WHICH GETS UNDER WAY AT WIMBLEDON THIS FRIDAY. NOT ONLY HAS HE GOT A HIGH QUALITY HEAT BUT HE'S ALSO LANDED THE DRAW THAT ALL COMPETITORS FEARED MOST, HE'S GOT GOT FAST STARTING BANG RAILER GARRYGLASS RODGE ON HIS OUTSIDE! IF HE HAS ONE SAVING GRACE, APART FROM THE FACT THAT HE IS ARGUABLY THE BEST GREYHOUND IN THE BRITISH ISLES AT PRESENT, ITS THAT THE FIRST FOUR QUALIFY FROM HIS HEAT. THIS MEANS THAT IF THE INEVIABLE SHOULD HAPPEN AND HE FACES EARLY IMPACT OR OBSTRUCTION HE HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO GET HIMSELF BACK INTO CONTENTION AND FIND PASSAGE THROUGH TO THE NEXT ROUND.
TO DATE ESKE HAS BEEN PERFECTLY HANDLED BY MY GOOD PAL BARRY DRAPER WHO HAS A VERY STRONG HAND IN THIS YEARS EVENT. DON'T BE SURPRISED IF HIS OTHER KENNEL STARS FARLOE WARHAWK AND EDEN STAR FIND THEIR WIMBLEDON FORM WHEN IT MATTERS MOST AND ALSO GIVE GOOD ACCOUNTS OF THEMSELVES THROUGHOUT. WE WISH THEM LUCK
