Some of the country’s best male and female sprinters take to Sandown Park this Thursday in heats of the Harrison-Dawson and Sapphire Crown respectively.
The 64 greyhounds expected to start in both series combine for a staggering $7.71 million in prizemoney won, with $5.44 million of that coming from the 32 Harrison-Dawson runners alone.
The girls will get things started in race 2 (heat 1) with Cruising Debbie returning to Sandown Park for the first time since her Launching Pad triumph in March.
Without doubt the number one Sapphire Crown seed is recent Golden Easter Egg winner Mackenna. Since the win, she trialled extremely fast at Sandown Park then had a final hitout at Bendigo on Saturday.