Flare to flourish

CLASH TO SAVOUR: Droopys Flare can get the better of Mongys Wild

- by JONATHAN HOBBS

DROOPYS FLARE (8.54) can get first run on outstanding talent Mongys Wild to claim a famous victory in the final of the Ladbrokes Golden Jacket at Monmore tonight, live on the Premier Greyhound Racing service.

The clash of last year’s St Leger 1-2, as well as another big-race winner in Vhagar, is a mouthwatering prospect for tonight’s £20,000 showpiece, one of the most popular and longstanding competitions, for many years staged at Crayford and before then at Harringay.