Angle Park Preview - Festival of Fire!
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
What a massive night of racing we have here at headquarters tonight, 7 Finals throughout the evening with money galore going to the winners. It’s as if Father Christmas has been following my tips and is giving it all away tonight. So if you love to have a Trifecta or a First Four its time to release the purse strings as I think there will be a couple of upsets throughout the evening.
Race 1 7,8,4,2
Race 2 7,6,1,4
Race 3 2,4,6,8
Race 4 8,2,4,6
Race 5 8,1,2,4
Race 6 1,8,2,6
Race 7 3,6,1,8
Race 8 5,3,1,2
Race 9 2,1,6,7
Race 10 1,2,4,6
Race 11 1,5,8,4
Race 12 6,7,4,1
Best Bets
Race 3 No 2 Culburra
Race 5 No 8 He’s Magic
Race 8 No 5 Peaky Boo
Best Each Way
Race 9 NO 6 Hot Lips
Merry Christmas to all, stay safe and remember to give your dogs a special extra treat on Wednesday morning.
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections -
Race 1 - 7,4,8,2
Race 2 - 7,5,4,3
Race 3 - 2,4,1,5
Race 4 - 8,1,2,6
Race 5 - 4,2,3,1
Race 6 - 7,6,8,2
Race 7 - 3,2,6,7
Race 8 - 3,5,6,1
Race 9 - 6,2,7,1
Race 10 - 2,1,4,5
Race 11- 5,8,1,4
Race 12 – 6,1,4,7
Best Bets: Race 5 No 4 Zinfandel Trace
Best Bets: Race 11 No 5 Yoda Lady
Eachway Bets: Race 6 No 7 Woodside Frankie
VACCINATION RULE FOR RACING IN SA – REMINDER
Trainers are reminded that Rule 25 (Minimum Vaccination Requirements) took effect Monday, 1stMay, 2023. Vaccination Certificates must be received by GRSA prior to close of nominations for affected greyhounds to be considered eligible for nominating. It is also imperative that once the greyhound has been vaccinated the paperwork is lodged by yourself as soon as possible. Trainers are also reminded that they must not have their greyhound vaccinated within 5 days of racing. Should this occur, the greyhound will be scratched from its engagement or if paperwork lodged after an engagement and discovered the greyhound raced inside the 5 days then the matter will be referred to the stewards.
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next week's Angle Park Thursday meeting features -
$14,275 Kate’s A Scandal Xmas Sprint FFA – 530m (N/P)
$4,050 Masters Grade 5 – 530m (For greyhounds 3¾yo or over at time of nom-must raced prev 6 months or qualy trialled in that time. 4yo & higher pref N/P)
$4,050 G5 Bitches – 530m
$2,100 Heats Fastest Forward (1-6 wins) – 530m ($3,680 Final Thursday 2/1/25. 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. Trainer can only have 2 runners per Heat however may have more if insufficient nominations. N/P. Trainers MUST nominate Time Graded Heats to be considered
$2,785 Maiden – 530m
$3,680 Juvenile – 530m
$4,420 Mixed 6/5 (N/P) – 595m
$7,140 Free For All – 730m
• Nominations close Monday 23rd December with GRSA at 9.00am.
CHRISTMAS “FESTIVAL OF FIRE” FINALS AT ANGLE PARK TONIGHT
We have a terrific program of racing tonight at Angle Park as the racing “Festival of Fire” culminates with a 12 race program and 7 finals with over $120,000 in prizemoney on offer. They are races 2 to 8 and features Finals of the newly created Ember, Flame, Blaze, Bonfire, Inferno, Spark and Ashes.
There will be some wonderful trophies and rugs for the winning connections and personalised greyhounds rugs for races 2,3,5,6,7 and 8 which connections can keep.
The Festival of Fire series is in its fourth year for SA trained greyhounds that must have been in SA as of midnight 1st November 2024 to be eligible with all races non penalty.
To assist with the promotion of tonight’s events at Angle Park and with the extended & feature coverage that the Festival of Fire night provides on Sky Racing, Lachlan Stace will be walking to the boxes for each race available on Sky Racing & Sky Active and interviewing the winning handlers before and after each event.
2023 TAB LEADING TRAINER OF THE YEAR – TRACIE PRICE
GRSA has named Race 1 tonight after Tracie Price being awarded Trainer of the Year for 2023.
Tracie trained a total of 229 winners at TAB meetings in SA from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.
Based in the South East of the State many of Tracie’s winners came from his home track of Mount Gambier however Tracie regularly supported both One Turn and Straight tracks at Murray Bridge and Angle Park travelling many hundreds of kilometres to race at those meetings. Highlighted winners were Mister Banjo (11 wins), Compton Yap and Compton Charlie both 10 wins with the “Compton” prefix a regular in the winners’ circle.
MOUNT GAMBIER XMAS MEETING THIS SUNDAY
The Mount Gambier GRC will run their Xmas meeting this Sunday, 22nd December. Feature races on this day are -
$4,500 Williams Crane Hire Christmas Cup 8 dog Final– Open - 512m
$3,000 Santa Sprint 8 dog Final – Open - 400m
$2,000 Peter Whitehead Memorial Maiden 6 dog Final - 400m
$3,000 Christmas Challenge Mix 5/6 – 600m
$2,500 Merry Masters Feature – 305m
GAWLER CHRSTMAS MEETING THIS SUNDAY
Gawler will run their Christmas Fun night this Sunday, 22nd December with plenty of activities for families, on the night the Club will add a $500 member bonus to Race 9 (Grade 6 over 531m). This would be a $500 bonus for the winner if they are a member of Gawler.
KATE’S A SCANDAL CHRISTMAS SPRINT ON THURSDAY 26TH DECEMBER
On Thursday, 26th December the feature at Angle Park will be the $14,275 Kate’s A Scandal Christmas Sprint Free For All (N/P) over the 530m.
• Nominations close with GRSA at 9.00am on Monday, 23rd December.
HEATS GAWLER CLASSIC 2024 – 531m
The Heats of the Gawler Classic 2024 over 531m will be run on Sunday, 29th December with the $4,500 Final on Friday, 3rd January. This series is for greyhounds paid up for Classic 2024.
• Nominations for the Heats close Tuesday, 24th December with GRSA at 9.00am.
TRIALLING OVER XMAS AND NEW YEAR INTO JANUARY
Please note that there will be NO Trials on Xmas Day, Wednesday, 25th December, and there will also be NO trials at Gawler on Thursday, 26th December.
Over the New Year period there will be NO trials on Wednesday, 1st January at Angle Park and Murray Bridge.
Over the Australia Day weekend the Public Holiday will be on Monday, 27th January so there will be NO trials at Gawler or Murray Bridge on this day.
GRSA AND GAP OFFICE TO CLOSE AT 2PM ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 24
Please be advised that the GRSA Administration and GAP Office’s will close at 2pm on Tuesday, 24th December. Can participants ensure all your GAP and Administrative business is taken care of prior to 2pm on this day.
MOUNT GAMBIER SCRATCHINGS FOR THURSDAY 26TH DECEMBER
Due to Xmas Day on Wednesday, we will have to finalise the scratchings for the Mount Gambier meeting on Thursday, 26th December at 3pm on Tuesday, 24th December. The Angle Park meeting on Thursday night, 26th December will still be finalised at 9am on that day.
NORMAL TIMES CHRISTMAS EVE AT ANGLE PARK
Sky Racing advise our Angle Park meeting on Tuesday night, 24th December (Christmas Eve) will start and finish with normal times. The first of 10 races will be at 6.09pm and the last at 9.08pm.
AGRC BONUS RACES ONCE A MONTH
The Adelaide Greyhound Racing Club will add bonuses to an event each month which started on Monday, 11th November, these events will also include Heats and Finals. The bonuses will be $1,000 per event, totaling 10 events bringing their support to a total of $10,000. GRSA is very appreciative of the Clubs support.
The next event will be at Angle Park on Tuesday, 24th December - $1,005 AGRC Fastest Forward (1-4 Wins) Heats–342m ($1,515 Final Tuesday 31/12/24. N/P. Bonus event by AGRC with extra $1,000. Please see conditions)
Nominations close with GRSA at 9.00am on Friday, 20th December
Other events announced shortly.
The AGRC will provide two bonuses to be paid out for each winner.
Extra Prizemoney to be paid if Owner and/or Trainer are AGRC Members
$500 to owner (at least one owner needs to be an AGRC member)
$500 to trainer (trainer must be an AGRC member)
COMMENTS ON NOMINATIONS MARKED “ONLY”
A few years ago the Grading Review Panel agreed that some trainers were using the comments box to influence the grading of fields in particular Grade 5 Only for all their greyhounds. The panel previously resolved that “Only” would be disregarded over all distances and the grading left to the Grader. (Masters Only or Juvenile Only will be accepted as this is for a specific type of race) If trainers put “Only or no start or leave me out” then the grader will grade as normal and if a greyhound would be graded into a mixed event based on race wins then he will leave them out based on the trainers request. The more information provided to the Grader allows for him to accommodate those requests.
WINNING GRADE 6 RACES IN ORDER
GRSA reminds trainers to win their grade 6 events in order at a specific venue. For the venues that allow two Grade 6 wins trainers need to win a Grade 6 over one distance and then a Grade 6 over the other distance. If a greyhound wins a Grade 6 and then a Grade 5 then they will lose their Grade 6 over the other distance at that venue.
RE-GRADING FOR ALL TRACKS AND DISTANCES
Re-grading will occur for all tracks and distances for Grade 3 or higher greyhounds. A trainer can apply for a re-grade after two unsuccessful nominations over the corresponding distance. If having met this criteria the responsibility is on the trainer to apply for a re-grade prior to the close of nominations. Only one distance will be considered for a re-grade per meeting.