At the weekend, Bobbys Blue won his fourth race here in top grade A1 over 380 metres for trainer Katie O’Flaherty in a fast 23.19sec.

Clearly, the dog has that bit of class and looks like being one of the leading contenders for the top sprinter here. The dog had his first race here on February 28 and has now had 10 races, all in grade A1, and is certainly becoming a value dog to follow having had win odds of between 3-1 and 6-1 – mainly as a result of racing against the best we have.

The dog started his racing career at Henlow in mid-January, 2014 in low grade A7 over 460m and by the time he had his last race there in mid-January this year, he had risen up the grades to A4 level.

Having had just 14 races there in a year, he arrived at Crayford as a lightly-raced dog and our 380m has proved to be beneficial to him as an out-and-out sprinter.

Having beaten the likes of Stepit Up Louie and Indigo Joker in our top grade, he is a force to be reckoned with.

When looking at any race you often have to identify dogs capable of springing a surprise – which they are more than capable of doing if in the right frame of mind.

During the week, Clash Tenor won an A3 race over 380m in a good time of 23.37 for young trainer Mark Fenwick, who has now taken over the training licence from his mentor Patsy Cusack at their Essex kennels.

Clash Tenor is an experienced campaigner with 49 career races to date and this was his 10th win – about the expected strike rate for a graded dog here.

His races have all been between grades A2 to A6 so he is a decent dog and, when he chooses to be, he can be a difficult opponent to beat as his latest win reflects.

While he finds grade A2 a step too far, A3 is well within his scope as his run last Thursday showed when he put in a trap-to-line performance winning by two-and-a-quarter lengths so now he will be upgraded to an A2 event.

Wait for the dog to be dropped back to A3 grade and he may well reward your support at good odds.