SUNDAY will be one for the sprinters, as the Dubbo Greyhound Club hosts heats of the Shakey Jakey Maiden Series, and the Signvision Sprint Series final at Dawson Park.
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Both series are held over 318 metres, with a total of five heats to be held for the Shakey Jakey Maiden Series from 6pm.
It's the last weekend in the lead up to the club's biggest racing carnival of the year, culminating in the April 26 meeting which will give away $45,000 in prize money including a $5,000 pool for the Shakey Jakey final.
Dubbo Greyhound Club President Shayne Stiff said there are going to be some nice dogs across all the heats.
"The first race is at 6 o'clock and the highlight is the features of the Shakey Jakey Maiden Heat Series," Stiff said.
"In the first heat, race one sees My Boy Cargo from Wellington trainer Ron Steel and it should be very hard to beat."
"Heat two Mark Wicks from Forrest Reefs has Diamond Diva engaged and it has had a couple of trials at Dubbo and the one interesting runner in that is number eight Bodine Griffo. It's had a couple of runs around the south coast of NSW."
"Race three looks a hard heat with a lot of different trainers coming from Newcastle and Canberra and the likes."
"Race four is an interesting race where we have David Pringle from Orange who is the owner and sponsor of the final race, the Shakey Jakey, and he's got Where's Kitty engaged."
"The last heat of the Shakey Jakey is a hard race too. Down Deep had a quick run at Bathurst and Gilded Lily has travelled all the way from Bendigo, from the Robyn Massina camp in Bendigo."
The final of the Signvision Sprint Series is the other highlight of the night, following on from last Sunday's heats and the first dog in will earn a tidy $1000.
"Even though it's badly boxed in Crash Connor's will start favourite after an 18.28 win in the heat."
It's not all about the sprinters though, with the Blues Meats Stakes over 605m boasting just over $1000 in total prize money.
"Trevor Jones from Orange brings Zipping Coco, who's done all of her racing in Melbourne and looks like the 605m trip should suit," Stiff said.
The dogs and trainers won't be the only winners on Sunday with the Dubbo Greyhound Club offering a lucky-gate prize for the kids.
"One lucky child can win a bike courtesy of the bike shop at Dubbo," Stiff said.
"All kids that enter (the track) will get a ticket into the barrel and they could go home from the dogs on a new bike."
"We have a bike valued at $200 and if they're happy with it they can take that one, but if they want a different one they can exchange it at the bike shop."