Snapper has a Golden moment in Sprint final

Mark Wallis: Trains Millennium Stand Bookmakers Golden Sprint winner Blonde Snapper

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THE £8,000 Millennium Stand Bookmakers Golden Sprint Final at Romford was won in determined style by Blonde Snapper (3-1).

Mark Wallis's talent, who now heads to the Derby, which starts on Friday, took advantage of a dream run around the first two bends and eventually get the better of Fancy Socks to lead close home in a time of 23.89sec.

The Tony Williams Dual Distance Trophy Final at 9.06 saw success for Paul Young but not with the runner that most punters expected.
His Coolavanny Fairy (6-1) blasted clear to make all of the running and beat the unlucky Honeypound Joe by 3/4L in 47.71sec.
Young's Bubbly Blues, the odds-on jolly, met early trouble and never recovered.

Friday night also saw three semi-finals of the bettor.com Peterborough Puppy Derby - the final of which will be seen live on Sky Sports next Wednesday.
In the first eliminator Chris Allsopp's Smart Bid (4-6F) banged out and made all to beat the staying on Be Real by 3/4L in 25.60sec.
Pat Rosney's Newinn Rocket (4-7F) also justified the confidence when taking the second semi-final by a much easier five lengths (Glenadda Magic finished second) and recording a slightly faster time of 25.58sec.
The third heat then saw Malcolm Daniels' Farneys Mark (6-1) finish well to beat Isheforreal by 1 1/4L in a time of 25.69sec.

Draw for Wednesday's final: 1 Isheforreal 2 Glenadda Magic 3 Be Real 4 Newinn Rocket 5 Smart Bid 6 Farneys Mark (m)

**Wimbledon has reversed its earlier decision and will NOT now race next Thursday. It had planned an all graded card for what was an overflow night in case needed for William Hill Derby heats - which take place on Friday and Saturday only.