Take bankers in chase for Triple Trio

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The Friday guaranteed TAB $10,000 Triple Trio is proving a tough task, with only a partial unit striking last week's Hatrick offering.

The Triple Trio involves correctly selecting the first three greyhounds to finish in Races 6, 7 and 8.

A common strategy used is picking a banker choice to finish in the first three placings and then add in others to also fill a placing.

Percentage betting reduces the cost of the outlay, enabling more selections to be included.

Reserve runner Air Raid is likely to gain a start from the two box in the first leg.

He delivered a bold Manawatu 375m second on Monday after having been considered good enough to contest a heat of the New Zealand Cup.

This event represents a huge drop in class for him.

Use him as the banker and include the kennel and litter-mates Hannibal Lecter and Vision And Power from their respective handy draws.

Stiff Drink and Cawbourne Flow benefit from the drop in class here, so consider both of them.

In the second leg, Miss Universe is presented with a bonus race in the same class she defeated over 375m at the Manawatu Raceway on Monday. She looks very hard to beat.

Others to consider in this dash are the nicely drawn Spot On Maggie, along with Hey You, Jill Sprite, War On Terror and Lenny Mac.

Allegro Chaser attained open class status when she delivered her tidy Palmerston North 375m win on Monday.

She gets to run out her C4 nominations in the final leg and looks set to make her presence felt.

Mighty Explosive has had his recent issues, but he has also done sufficient in the past on this track to suggest that he can deliver a competitive fresh-up sprint here.

Others to consider in this rather even looking 305m line-up are El Jetta, Matilda's Babe, Leadfoot Lenny and Miss Softy.