Underground Gold hoping to strike gold at Monmore Green

Underground Gold is widely expected to keep up a sensational run at Monmore Green and land the £20,000 Ladbrokes Puppy Derby crown tonight.

Trained by Romford’s Paul Young, the August 24’ pup has taken Monmore by storm in recent weeks grabbing four victories on the spin including breath-taking wins in both the Puppy Derby first round and semi-finals over the past fortnight.

Underground Gold runs from trap four in the showpiece race this evening and goes in as the odds-on favourite at 4/6 after flying times of 28.15secs and 27.99secs.

Looking to capitalise should the favourite not show the same blistering early pace than in recent weeks are kennelmate Bowmers Buddy, Maxine Locke (Romford) duo Droopys Vicar and Droopys Script, Aayamza Shazza (John Mullins, Towcester/Yarmouth) and Monmore’s very own Newinn Jolly trained by Kim Billingham-Hine.

Droopys Script has also won back-to-back outings while Newinn Jolly turned heads for Billingham-Hine and the Jolly-Men Syndicate when winning ahead of Droopys Vicar last weekend, being the first home greyhound to make a Category One final at Monmore since Magical Luna in the Golden Jacket last year.

Monmore racing manager Tony Williamson said: “We’d like to wish the very best of luck to all competitors in this year’s Ladbrokes Puppy Derby final.

“I’m sure all the greyhounds involved will go on to have fantastic careers with the class they have shown in this competition.

“May the best pup win and add their name to the history books here at Monmore.”

Also on tonight’s card are three Category Three finals including the 630m Jim Woods Memorial Trophy in honour of Monmore’s former racing manager.

Golden Palace (Michelle Brown, Suffolk Downs/Towcester) was the quickest in last week’s heats with a handy 38.36secs.

Vixons Filofax (Brian Thompson) is back on form and goes for the glory in the Ladbrokes.com 480 Final while Billingham-Hine sprinter Get In Line, who was recently crowned the Monmore Owners’ Association Bitch of the Year for 2025, features in the Ladbrokes.com 264 Final.