Angle Park Preview - 20th July
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
Tonight we have another strong 12 event program here at headquarters, Race 6 on the card is the Final of the Champion Puppy with $10,000 going to the winner. Veteran trainer Bill Wudarczyk has a handy one in One Last Kiss and this dog certainly has the ability to overcome the wide draw and win tonight’s Final. Buzz The Hustler can’t be over looked from the good draw as he should be able to kick up early from the red (box 1), Footrot Fender along with Classy Shot are chances for the First Four.
Race 1 - 4,1,8,2
Race 2 - 1,4,8,2
Race 3 -1,2,8,6
Race 4 - 2,8,7,4
Race 5 - 6,5,4,3
Race 6 - 8,1,7,2
Race 7 - 2,3,4,7
Race 8 - 1,2,3,8
Race 9 - 8,4,2,1
Race 10 - 1,3,7,5
Race 11 - 4,8,6,1
Race 12 - 2,6,1,8
Best Bets
Race 1 No 4 - Victa Monty
Race 4 No 2 - More Sirius
Race 7 No 2 - Springvale Roxy
Best Each Way
Race 5 No 6 - Roxy Rover
First 4 selections
Race 1 - 4,1,8,5
Race 2 - 4,1,8,2
Race 3 -1,6,8,2
Race 4 -5,8,4,2
Race 5 - 6,7,8,5
Race 6 - 1,8,7,2
Race 7 - 6,7,2,4
Race 8 - 3,4,1,2
Race 9 - 4,8,2,1
Race 10 - 1,3,7,5
Race 11 - 6,4,8,2
Race 12 - 8,1,2,6
Best Bets
Race 2, No. 4 Call Me Jacques
Race 5, No. 7 Express Speed
Race 9, No. 4 Miss Artemis
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next weeks Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$5,535 Mixed Masters Feature Final – 530m (For greyhounds 3¾yo or over at time of nom - must have raced previous 6 months or qualy trialled in that time. 4yo and higher will have preference. N/P. Heats 20/7/23)
$3,505 Fastest Forward (1-4 Wins) Final – 530m (Heats Saturday 22/7/23. N/P Selected from Worst to Best of this category. Final field will be an 8-dog field plus reserves, comprising of the greyhounds running the fastest times in the Heats, regardless of their finishing position in those Heats. Any race on the program)
$3,505 Special event Grade 5 (worst to best) – 530m (One 8 dog field will be graded from the Weighted Points Score table of Grade 5 pool of greyhounds worst to best grading. No guarding and no reserves. Trainers cannot nominate for this event specifically. Non Penalty)
$2,650 Maiden – 530m
$3,505 Grade 6 Bitches – 530m
$6,015 Special Event N/P-595m (all greyhounds considered.G5 must advise if do not want a start)
$3,505 Juvenile -530m
$6,790 Open – 730m
Nominations close Monday 24th July with GRSA at 9.00am.
2023 FRESH PET FOOD CO SA CHAMPION PUPPY FINAL TONIGHT
After last Thursday nights Prelude we have a field of six looking to claim the $14,275 Fresh Pet Food Co Champion Puppy final tonight at headquarters. They will all be chasing the short priced favourite in One Last Kiss for trainer Bill Wudarczyk who impressed in the Prelude after coming from last early and circling the field to race away for a strong win in 30.85 over the 530m journey. Tonights final is Race 6 due to start at 8.31pm SA time.
Tonights Champion Puppy final in Box Draw order is:
1. Buzz The Hustler - Maurie Kiley
2. Classy Shot - David Peckham
3. Vacant Box
4. Bad Guy Boris - Adam Manton
5. Hurricane Carter - Craig Jaensch
6. Vacant box
7. Footrot Fender - Bosko Stamenkovic
8. One Last Kiss - Bill Wudarczyk
9. NA
10. NA
2023 $8,000 EXCHANGE PRINTERS MOUNT GAMBIER ANNIVERSARY CUP FINAL THIS SUNDAY
Sundays $8,000 Exchange Printers Anniversary Cup Final at Mt Gambier has seen a top line up drawn together after two heats were run last Sunday over the 512m. Heat winners were the Dustin Drew trained Aston Marvel (29.50) and the Dave Peckham trained Aston Ziebell (29.52). It looks an outstanding line up which will be race 8 on the program due to start at 2.09pm. Other features on the program are $2,500 John Reid Memorial Maiden Final over 305m after four heats were run last Sunday which is race 4 on the program due to start at 12.49pm and the $5,000 Eric Lewis Memorial Feature Open over the 732m which is race 9 at 2.27pm and features the clash of recent Bayroad Queen Stayers Cup winner Zipping Neutron for Tim Aloisi and In The Bug for Victorian trainer Emily Azzopardi which both won their last starts over the staying trip at Mt Gambier.
2023 NORTH V SOUTH CHALLENGE – ROUND 2 AT MURRAY BRIDGE THIS SUNDAY
The 2023 North V South Challenge kicked off last Sunday at Gawler with some exciting racing. The 400m Round 1 North Division was won by Toby West for Adam Manton while the South Division was won by Hot Sky for Tony Rasmussen. Round 1 for the 531m journey was won by Dash Of Blue for the North for Richard Pearce while Oh Louise for Tim Richards won the South division.
These winners will now take a strong advantage into Round 2 at Murray Bridge this Sunday night with the same greyhounds competing against each other again in their division and distance. The 395m journey will be races 2 and 3 on the program with the North at 5.58pm and the South at 6.18pm while the 530m journey will be races 4 and 5 with the North at 6.34pm and the South at 6.50pm.
Points will be allocated for each round (1st 12 points, 2nd 9, 3rd 7, 4th 5, 5th 4, 6th 3, 7th 3, 8th 3) with the 4 highest point getters from each region qualifying for the finals.
Leading Points Short Course –
North – 12 - Toby West, 9 – Velocity Tahnie, 7 – Mr. Ticket, 5 – Emerley Bruce, 4 – Jazzy Kade
South – 12 – Hot Sky, 9 – Diesel Runner, 7 – Canya Razor, 5 – Clear View, 4 – Springvale Maddi, 3 – Go Go Snow
Leading Points Sprint Course –
North – 12 – Dash Of Blue, 9 – Agent Nineteen, 7 – Springvale Bray, 5 – Zipping Hyland, 4 – Show Me Bucks
South – 12 – Oh Louise, 9 – Victa Speed, 7 – Finniss Whisper, 5 – Finniss Surprise, 4 – Finniss Redeem, 3 – Razzle Darryl, 3 - Spartan Brave, 3 - Boom Boom Jinz.
The 2023 North V South Challenge Finals will run at Gawler on Sunday 30th July with a 531m Final worth $8,000 and a 400m Final worth $4,000.
ADDITIONAL TUESDAY NIGHT MEETING AT ANGLE PARK
After consultation and support by Sky Racing, GRSA has programmed an extra race meeting on the weekly schedule for the new season, with Tuesday night at Angle Park now on the calendar. This extra meeting will be shown on Sky 2 and will be for Category 3 prizemoney. It will also be for short course greyhounds (342m) exclusively to not affect 530m+ at Angle Park meetings on Monday (Category 2) and Thursday (Category 1). GRSA may initially have to utilise more 6 dog fields to spread out our numbers across the weekly schedule, however, this will only be determined at the time. These meetings will be graded events and as we haven’t run this category with greyhounds taking a grade (Saturday mornings are Non Penalty) it will be like a new venue with most grades being Maiden, Grade 6 and Grade 5 to start with.
Nominations will close on the Friday before, the same time as Gawler Wednesday. This does avoid Angle Park Monday and Murray Bridge Tuesday which close on the Thursday.
Trials at Angle Park will move from Tuesday night to Wednesday night and be run the same time as the Murray Bridge trials.
The implementation date is scheduled for 1st August, 2023.
2023 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VICTORIA
The GCA National Championships are just around the corner. The National Finals this year will be held at The Meadows in Victoria and are to be conducted on Saturday, 26th August.
Both the National Sprint and National Distance Finals are at Group 1 level.
The State series’ for SA will be held at Angle Park on Thursday, 3rd August for the Sprint Heats over 530m with the State Final of the Sprint and one-off Final over 730m of the Distance on the 10th August. In an effort to support this series ALL States will be conducting their Finals on the same night to be run within a two hour period.
• Nominations will close at the normal time with GRSA which will be at 9am on Monday, 31st July
A reminder to all trainers of the clause which requires a greyhound to have been domiciled in South Australia for a period of not less than 76 days out of the 150 days immediately prior to the nomination closing date to be eligible to represent SA, which going back is on Wednesday, 17th May 2023. If unsure of a greyhound’s status, please contact the GRSA grading staff.
NATIONAL STRAIGHT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP AT HEALESVILLE
The National Straight Track Championship this year will be held at Healesville on Saturday morning, 26th August – so all the National Finals will be held on the same day.
This year SA will have two SA dogs represent the State in the series with QLD, NSW, VIC and SA challenging for the title.
So the Straight Track series aligns with the circle and the other States, our Heats will be held at Murray Bridge on Tuesday, 1st August with our Final on Tuesday, 8th August. Prizemoney for the SA Straight track Final will be $10,000 to the winner aligned with the other three States.
It is important that trainers are aware that these series’ for the circle and straight track are run at the same time so please be mindful of this when nominating and the qualifying criteria.
• Nominations close with GRSA at 9am on Thursday, 27th July
A reminder to all trainers of the clause which requires a greyhound to have been domiciled in South Australia for a period of not less than 76 days out of the 150 days immediately prior to the nomination closing date to be eligible to represent SA, which going back is on Saturday, 13th May 2023. If unsure of a greyhound’s status, please contact the GRSA grading staff.
2023 GAWLER CLASSIC HEATS ON AUGUST 2
The Gawler Classic for 2023 over 400m will have $1,600 Heats on Wednesday, 2nd August with the $3,300 Final on Wednesday, 9th August for greyhounds paid up for Classic 2023.
• Nominations for Heats close with GRSA at 9am on Friday, 28th July.
GOTBA COURSING DATES
Below are the GOTBA at Virginia Coursing dates until the end of the season. GRSA will continue to grade a mix of 4 and 8 dog events as the season progresses.
Sunday August 13
Sunday September 3 (moved from 27th August due to racing at Angle Park on Saturday 26th August)
Sunday September 10
Sunday September 24
Sunday October 8
GRADING REVIEW PANEL MEETING OUTCOMES – MAIN POINTS
• GRSA will allow one extra Grade 6 over another distance for City A Thursday meetings bringing this into line with all tracks in SA. No retrospectivity regarding this change.
• GRSA has removed the condition where once a greyhound has won a Grade 5 or higher event on a City A meeting that the greyhound will lose all Grade 6 events at all other tracks. This means a greyhound could be a Grade 4 or Grade 3 over 530m on a Thursday City A meeting and will still be able to win Grade 6 events at other tracks. No retrospectivity regarding this change.
• GRSA will now allow a greyhound after winning a Grade 5 Masters event in faster time than the time standard to get back into Masters with 2 runs in a Grade 5 at the track and distance, it doesn’t matter if they are placed or unplaced just so long as there are two starts out of Masters. This has been changed from being just unplaced to get back.
INDUSTRY CONSULTATIVE GROUP PANEL MEETING OUTCOMES – MAIN POINTS
• There will only be one provisional breeders license being provided to multiple participants residing at the same residence. All other applications would be dealt with on a case by case basis. For implementation ASAP.
• 2 in 7 starts and 7 in 28 starts rule. The ICG agreed that a 10 day stand down period would be an appropriate penalty for those that knowingly nominated greyhounds that would be ineligible due to the rule. It was suggested any further infringements could attract a monetary penalty. To clarify any penalty would only apply once the dog had gone around, not in instances with late scratchings etc. It is the trainer’s responsibility to be aware of this rule and their implications. For implementation ASAP.
• The ICG panel confirmed and supported a $100 fine for any late Pink Card applications. For implementation ASAP.
• The ICG panel supported all trialling to be booked through the Trial Booker process to ensure specific criteria is met. Management to investigate amending trial booker into group categories to achieve greater efficiency at the session. For implementation ASAP.