The highlight on this Saturday evening’s card will be the record-breaking run of Lagile Soviet – better known as Boris to everyone here at the track.

The dog who is owned and trained by Ian Stevens will be having his 233rd competitive race at Crayford, which is an all-time record for an individual greyhound at the stadium.

Boris has notched up 44 wins and 63 second places which equates to around a 45% strike rate in the frame which is high.

Quite rightly nowadays, given his age, the dog runs in bottom grade S8 over 540metres but continues to register the occasional wins as he did in both March and April.

In his heyday, he raced in grade S4, however the dog will be seven-years-old on September 20 and has certainly proved to be an outstanding performer for his trainer.

On average we have around three-dozen dogs annually that reach the 100-race mark here, which is a feat in itself, so this puts into perspective just how important this occasion will prove to be.

A special trophy awaits Boris after his race on Saturday as does a place in the track’s history books.

At the other end of the spectrum, puppy Cavies Penny made it a winning debut last weekend for trainer Barry O’Sullivan. While most greyhounds are by well known stud dogs who are either English or Irish bred, Cavies certainly has an unusual blood line as her father Nobooth For Gary had 40 competitive races at Palm Beach in the USA

His race record shows that he was a prolific winner so if she is anywhere near him in class, she looks to have a bright future ahead here.

Saturday’s card will also feature the final of the Owners Bonus Series for grade S4 dogs over 540metres. The heats were run last weekend and on the clock times from those races, it would seem that Peggys Prince is the one they all have to beat now.

The dog trained by Gemma Davidson won his heat in a time of 34.16 seconds.

This heat looked the strongest on paper and so it proved to be with the other heat winner Lone Choir only managing a time of 34.55.

While I expect Peggys Prince to land the £500 winners prize, his main danger may come from Reuben Jay Cee.