Dapto Greyhound tips, racing preview and quaddie | Thursday, 4/1
A very Happy New Year to all our readers and followers. The very first meeting of the year at Dapto takes place Thursday night with 11 races on the card. The first race on the program is set to commence at 6.52pm local time. A top-grade sprint and a nice 600m race headline the program. As always, Australian Racing Greyhound will try to find you a winner or two.
Race 5: Ninja Mac (1)
This boy hasn't been able to draw an inside box since October. He finally gets back into box one, where he has won five from nine with three placings; in fact, he hasn't finished any worse than fourth in his last 23 starts. The boxes and the starts are all important in these top-class sprint events. Ninja Mac missed the start horribly at his latest and has been given a small freshen-up, so forget he went around last time. Combine this with being underneath all of his main rivals, and he should be scooting along the fence to record his 20th career win.
Best Bet
Race 5 – 
Ninja Mac (1)
Form: 1243 | Career: 57: 19-15-11 | Trainer: Ronald Alcock
Race 10: Fortified (2)
She ran a gallant second here in her first fifth grade event last week off a terrible draw, after winning her maiden in 16.99 the week before. She should now be at peak fitness after two runs on the track. She goes back into Box 2 in this race, which is the box she won her maiden from. She has been well placed in a 1-2wins restricted class, and with slow beginners drawn either side of her, there is no reason that she won't be pinging the lids and breaking the 17sec mark again and stamping herself as a class sprinter on the rise.
Next Best
Race 10 – 
Fortified (2)
Form: 12 | Career: 2: 1-1-0 | Trainer: Chris O'Brien
Race 6: Red Medusa (5)
This girl is two from three here over the 600m and if she can begin and find the front, she will be extremely hard to beat. She has run 34.48, which is very quick for a fifth grader, and did that from in front. She is another one that has had a nice three-week freshen-up since coming into this race. She has never won from Box 5, but with a vacant box on her outside, in a race where there is not much early pace, she will get the chance to use her early pace to carve across this field, find the front, and win at what should be nice odds with the leading greyhound bookmakers.
Best Value
Race 6 – Red Medusa (5)
Form: 1184 | Career: 3: 2-0-0 | Trainer: Cherryl Betts
