Trainers' Championship preview
Wednesday sees Britain's six leading greyhound trainers battle it out for the ÂŁ10000 to the winner, Ladbrokes Trainers Championship.
Who will claim the trainers' championship crown on Wednesday?
This year's renewal of the Trainers Championship team competition is being staged at Yarmouth, and it will be a true test of kennel strength with five races over the standard distance, a sprint and two staying races.
Nick Savva defied odds of 40/1 to win last year's event - a feat all the more remarkable as his runners in the first two races finished last - so anything can happen over the eight-race format.
A guide to the trainers:
Mark Wallis (scored 1215 pts in 2012 UK trainers' championship; Win prize money ÂŁ241,870)
Mark Wallis has proved to be one of the dominant forces in the sport since taking over the reins at Imperial Kennels and Blonde Snapper's victory in the Derby went some way to making him champion trainer for a fourth time.
The Lakenheath handler has won this challenge twice, with the pick being his hard fought victory over Charlie Lister in 2010.
Injuries forced Wallis to field an inexperienced team last year but the class of 2013 are much stronger and they will have 'home' advantage as the trainer is contracted to the track.
One to Watch: BRIDGE RUTH (8.04 - trap 3) had a smart Irish card with victories in the Longford Derby and the Irish Cesarewitch and she's continued to go the right way since joining Wallis. A winner in front of the Sky cameras at Wimbledon - she'll be looking for a quick follow-up.
Paul Young (884pts; ÂŁ100,772)
A stalwart at Romford, Paul Young had a year to remember in 2012 and a grand total of 1020 winners made him numerically the most successful trainer in Britain.
Young's return to prominence in the Open race division was one of the most pleasing aspects of the year.
Unafraid to travel to where the prizes were, the Burton Lodge maestro was responsible for category one winners at Sunderland, Yarmouth and Newcastle.
One To Watch: An interesting team has been selected with some lightly-raced sorts alongside more well-established performers including BUBBLY SWALLOW (8.19 - trap 4), who makes a debut for Young having left Nick Savva.
She weakened quickly in the semi-finals of the Golden Jacket having travelled well and while there is an argument to suggest that the trip might be sharp enough, she's shown enough ability to win over four bends at Nottingham and Swindon in the past.
Charlie Lister OBE (599pts; ÂŁ48,425)
Charlie Lister OBE needs no introduction within the sport.
The septugenerian may not register the same sort of success that he once did, but that hasn't stopped a virtual production line of winners from his Newark base from emerging.
Winner of this event in 2005 and 2007, he memorably ground his rivals into submission at Sheffield in 2009, sending out six of the first seven winners and only missing out on a clean sweep by virtue of his other scheduled runner being withdrawn.
There's no doubting Lister's eye for a dog that can win around Yarmouth and he has been responsible for an unprecedented 11 past winners of the East Anglian Derby.
One To Watch: No shortage of talent in team Lister and all eyes will be on FARLOE TANGO (8.49 - Trap 3) as he steps up to six bends for the first time. Third when favourite for the Eclipse at Nottingham, there's plenty of evidence in his pedigree to suggest that he should stay.
Chris Allsopp (579pts; ÂŁ43,135)
Despite being leading trainer at Monmore since 2005, Chris Allsopp appeared to some to be an 'overnight success' as he became champion trainer in 2011.
That he did was no fluke as his kennel recorded three category one winners (including the East Anglian Derby with Ballymac Ace) and posted victories in a further 15 top-flight competitions.
The affable Midlander has had no shortage of heartache in this event in recent years as he has led going into the final race during the last two renewals before being pipped at the post.
One To Watch: CLUXTONS FREE (7.34 - Trap 6) was drafted in as a reserve in the Monmore Puppy Derby but the apparent no-hoper dented a few lofty reputations to run away with the prize. He'll be out to prove that those efforts weren't merely a flash in the pan.
Barrie Draper (448pts; ÂŁ55,385)
The Draper family have been synonymous with success in the big Northern competitions for many years, but having suffered the blow of Eden Star's injury in the heats of the 2012 Derby, the kennel have since unearthed not one, but two potential superstars in Farloe Warhawk and Ballymac Eske.
The latter was last week thrust into favouritism for the Greyhound Derby having obliged in the Racing Post Juvenile in spectacular fashion.
One To Watch: Sadly there's no Eske or Warhawk in the team, or indeed a participant in the final leg of the challenge, but FARLOE BARRACUDA (Trap 2 - 8.34) holds claims in the opening contest of the night. He's won six of his last eight races at Sheffield and posted the quickest time during last Wednesday's trials at Yarmouth.
Seamus Cahill (403pts; ÂŁ62 550)
Circumstances beyond his control made Seamus Cahill a nomadic trainer as the Irishman went through spells at Catford, Wimbledon and Walthamstow before settling in at Hove.
The kennel achieved recognition outside of the confines of the sport through its association with Jimmy Lollie.
A winner of a record-equalling 37 open races during 2010, the dog helped Cahill take what had appeared to be an unlikely championship crown at the end of that year.
One To Watch: There's little doubt that LOUGHTEEN BLANCO (9.04 - Trap 5) is a classy individual on his day, though he does have something to prove having failed to graduate beyond the semi-final of the East Anglian Derby. He's been absent from the track for almost a month, but if he turns up in the form that he showed at Hove in January he'll prove a tough nut to crack.
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