Justin Rose is enjoying a season to remember as he returns from a spell in the golfing doldrums.
The 2013 US Open champion has been in cracking form on the PGA Tour but has crossed the Atlantic to his home shores early to compete in the British Masters ahead of next month’s Open.
It’s not the strongest of fields at the Belfry and Rose – who finished T9 at the PGA Championship, T12 in the Charles Schwab and eighth in the Canadan Open before missing the cut at the US Open – can be backed with confidence to triumph in the midlands at 9/1 with sponsors Betfred.
Also go each-way with Robert MacIntyre (33/1 Sky Bet), Joost Luiten (40/1 Paddy Power) and Richie Ramsey 50/1 Betfair).
• It’s difficult to make Apache warlord Cochise out to be a character with a fairytale story.
His Chiricahua tribe terrorised American settlers and Mexican herdsmen, seemingly torturing, mutilating and eventually killing nearly 700 people while going on the rampage in 1861.
But if Richard Rees’ dog of the same name wins the Greyhound Derby final at Towcester a far more heartwarming yarn will unfold.
The Reigate trainer will be the third generation to win the coveted trophy if he pockets the £150,000 first prize.
His grandad Phil won the blue riband event at White City with Mutts Silver in 1976 and his dad Phillip Jr followed suit with Pagan Swallow when the flagship tournament moved to Wimbledon in 1985.
Cochise isn’t the best of the six finalists on paper but he has a dream draw in trap one and is one of the strongest finishers in the decider.
Former Portsmouth, Poole and Oxford trainer Graham Holland, now based in Ireland, has three runners in the final with Swords Rex the odds-on favourite across the board after going unbeaten so far in the competition.
Clona Duke, our ante-post selection at 14/1, has twice broken the Towcester track record in the past couple of weeks and is still available at 3/1 with William Hill after a rather tricky trap four draw.
It won’t be easy but Hove raider Cochise can take a few prize scalps at 33/1 forcing sponsors StarSports to circle the wagons.
What’s more, bet365 are paying out each-way on the first three home and he can definitely give his followers something to holler about.
Ballymac Finn and Jacktavern Bella, two of our other four ante-post picks, reached the semi-finals with the latter cashing in at 7/2 to be the last remaining bitch in the Derby.
• Chelsea midfielder Callum Hudson-Odoi is 6/4 with Sky Bet to move to a club in Saudi Arabia this summer.
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