Victory for the Romford-trained Tims Crow rounded off a cracking night's action at the William Hill Pall Mall greyhound finals at Oxford Stadium on Tuesday.

Local punters don't often get to see this sort of class action, which produced one new track record and some terrific racing.

The leading light was undoubtedly Tims Crow, who soon convinced any doubters, despite his trap four draw, to quickly go clear.

The Stadium erupted as the black dog powered home to land the £8,000 top prize.

Unbeaten in the competition with four wins from four runs, he took his winning margin to over 20 lengths - some performance.

Despite that, there are still doubts in the minds of Crow's owners and trainer as to his Derby chances.

The 480 metres at Wimbledon is over seven rounds and Crow is really only a sprinter.

Trainer Peter Rich doesn't think it's a good idea, but you can't blame the owners for wanting a bash at greyhound racing's holy grail.

With so much class on offer on Tuesday, the bookmakers were left reeling after six favourites, including two joint, romped in, while one of the other winners was just 6-4.

You could sense what kind of a night it was going to be when a punter laid a bet of £400 at 5-2 on Brian Clemenson's Greenacre Lin in race three. It duly romped in by eight lengths, demolishing the old track record when posting 36.36 for the 595m course.

Bookmaker Richard Dunn already had the white flag out by the time the big final came around and wanted to see Tims Crow beaten to salvage anything from the night.

Established stars such as Shelbourne Star, 450m track record holder Droopys Keegan, Tic Tac System and Slinky set the scene before Crow's triumph.

Clemenson and leading owner Roy Felmingham just love coming to Oxford and returned to Brighton with a treble, which was a great night's work.

Once again the Oxford track earned praise from William Hill supremo David Hood for a smooth operation. Indeed, Sky TV count Sandy Lane as one of their favourite tracks for live coverage.

They will be back here later in the year for the William Hill Cesarewitch.