We could have a new hurdling star at the track in Rosscliffe Jet after he made it three wins from his last five starts over the sticks.

His latest win a week ago came over 380 metres however the dog had previously shown that he is equally adept over the 540 metre distance winning a top grad one race following up on an even more impressive Open race victory over that trip.

Trainer Paul Tompsett and the dog’s owners may well have been surprised at how the dog has taken to jumping but on the evidence to date you would expect him to continue to improve with experience so who knows just how good he may become in the course of time.

Having started in grade H4 his progress has been steady so let’s hope that it will be continued over the coming months.

Sometimes you have to read between the lines when assessing newcomers and I am of the opinion that this applies to the winning debut performance last Friday evening from Kish Rector.

This was only the dog’s fourth career race but his third win so he has to be taken seriously albeit it is early days.

Prior to joining trainer Pat Thompson’s kennels the greyhound had won an Open race at Cork followed by a win in grade A4 at Limerick.

The Racing Office here seem to have found his correct level having started him in grade A6 over 380 metres last weekend.

The margin of victory was only three quarters of a length but the bookmakers sent him off at odds of just even money, which is far too short in a graded event, however like me I suspect that had the dog trapped out fast then the win margin would certainly have been greater.

His race record shows that the dog has early pace so having missed his break on this occasion you had to admire the way in which he worked his way through the field to get up and win.

If he wins his next race in grade A5 you would have to think that he could well prove to be a decent grader at the track.

The latest recruit to join the elite in top grade A1 will be A For Albert who won his A2 race last Saturday morning in an impressive time of 23.33 seconds.

He has certainly had plenty of race experience elsewhere as Crayford is the eighth track that he has had competitive races at.

The Barry O’Sullivan dog has open race wins on his record book and that win time at the weekend implies that he is more than capable of winning an A1 event here if he leads the field away from the traps.

I am looking forward to seeing him next time and think that he will give a good account of himself.