2022 Country Cup conditions

Below are details of how and where greyhounds can qualify for the $7,500 SA Country Cup Final, to be run at Angle Park over 530 metres on Adelaide Cup G-SIX Final night Friday 7th October 2022.

Conditions:

All South Australian Greyhound Racing Clubs outside of Angle Park will conduct heats, or nominate greyhounds from which the Greyhound Racing SA Grading Department will choose two representatives. These meetings are Gawler Provincial 2, Murray Bridge One Turn Provincial 1 and Mount Gambier Provincial 1 & 2. (Performances at Gawler Provincial 1 meetings are not eligible for consideration)

The event is open to all South Australian greyhounds that are not above Grade 5 at Angle Park (APK City A meeting only) over 530 metres at the time of nomination. Winner of each event takes a penalty including the final.

Special Exceptions:

Mount Gambier Club is allowed to include non-South Australian trainers under strict conditions:

The trainer has had starters at 15 meetings for Mt Gambier in the previous 12 months.

The trainer can only qualify for one of the clubs.

The trainer must have trained the greyhound nominated for the previous 3 months.

Graders’ discretion will be used to determine the best nominated.

The greyhound must be SA trained (except Mount Gambier as above).

A South Australian trained greyhound is defined as one that has been racing in SA for a period of not less than 3 out of the 6 months immediately prior to the time of nomination.

The greyhound must have started at least 2 times in the last 12 months at the track it is attempting to represent.

There will be a maximum of two heats per Club with the winners of each heat qualifying. If there is only one heat conducted then the first two placegetters will qualify.

The two reserves will be determined firstly by a ballot of the second placegetters from all heats. The third placegetters will then be considered by ballot if required. If a heat was not conducted at the track, then that track is not included in the ballot. Should a greyhound be withdrawn prior to the ballot, the next placed greyhound from that Club’s heat will be selected.

Once a greyhound has qualified from a Qualifying Heat, it is not eligible to compete at another track in this series, unless there are insufficient nominations to fill the field.

Once qualified for the Country Cup Final the greyhound will be ineligible for the Adelaide Cup series or any other race on this Cup Final night.

Lead-up Heats may be up to 8 greyhounds however the Final on Adelaide Cup night will be a G-SIX Final

Qualifying
Track -  Dist. -  Date of Meeting

Mt Gambier - 512m - Sunday 25.09.22
Murray Bridge - 455m - Sunday 25.09.22
Gawler - 531m - Friday 23.09.22

Country Cup Final Prizemoney

1st                                     $5,000
2nd                                     $1,250       
3rd                                     $650
Unplaced                          $200