Angle Park Preview - 12th October
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
We are back to our normal Thursday night slot after a huge night of racing here last Friday where Transponder took out the 2023 Group 1 Adelaide Cup, we had a pretty good night on the punt so let’s hope I can back it up again tonight. How good is race four over the 730m, it is only a small field of 4 but it’s all quality. As always all races are Trifecta and First Four events.
Race 1 - 7,1,5,4
Race 2 - 1,4,8,5
Race 3 - 2,1,4,6
Race 4 - 5,1,7,3
Race 5 - 6,2,3,5
Race 6 - 7,4,2,1
Race 7 - 6,1,2,8
Race 8 - 5,4,2,6
Race 9 - 6,8,4,2
Race 10 - 1,2,7,4
Race 11 - 1,5,8,7
Race 12 - 8,1,4,2
Best Bets
Race 2 Np 1 - Who Knows Darren
Race 3 No 2 - Magical Mystic
Race 10 No 1 - Dashing Deb
Best Each way
Race 8 No 2 - Kia Ora Lad
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s wonderful night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections –
Race 1 - 7,8,4,5
Race 2 – 1,8,4,2
Race 3 – 2,1,6,4
Race 4 – 5,1,3,7
Race 5 – 6,5,2,1
Race 6 – 8,7,4,2
Race 7 – 6,3,8,5
Race 8 – 5,6,4,1
Race 9 – 6,8,2,4
Race 10 – 1,2,7,4
Race 11 – 5,1,7,2
Race 12 – 8,1,4,5
Best Bets: Race 3 No 2 Magical Mystic
Best Bets: Race 6 No 8 Springvale Max
Best Bets: Race 11 No 5 Zoe Rose
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next week’s Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$5,535 Hard Style Rico @ Stud Grade 5 Bitches Final – 530m (Free Service to Hard Style Rico (sire of Schillaci - valued at $2,200 for winning connections of Final provided by Luckie Karabitsakos. Heats 12/10/23)
$3,505 Fastest Forward (1-4 Wins) Final–530m (Hts Sat 14/10. N/P Selected from Worst to Best of this category. Final field will be 8-dog field + reserves, comprising of greyhounds running the fastest times in Hts, regardless of their finishing position in those Heats. Any race on the program)
$4,500 Classic 2023 Prelude (2) Final–530m (SA Bred Greyhounds whelp July21 to Dec21 & paid up Classic 2022. Hts 12/10)
$3,505 Special event Grade 5 (worst to best)–530m (One 8 dog field graded from the WPS table of Gr. 5 pool of greyhounds worst to best grading. No guarding & no reserves. Trainers cannot nom for event. N/P)
$2,650 Open Maiden – 530m
$3,855 Grade 6 – 595m
$6,015 Special Event N/P-595m (all greyhounds considered.G5 must advise if do not want a start)
$6,790 Open – 730m
Nominations close Monday 16th October with GRSA at 9.00am.
HEATS CLASSIC 2023 PRELUDE (2) TONIGHT
There are two $3,700 heats of the Classic 2023 Prelude (2) series run tonight at Angle Park which are races 2 and 3 on the program. Heat 1 features the likes of Who Knows Darren, Bad Buy Boris and Rico Nismo while heat 2 features Buzz The Hustler, Magical Mystic and Mellow Mead. The series is for SA Bred greyhounds whelped July 21 to December 21 and paid up for Classic 2023. The first four from each heat will qualify for the $4,500 Final to be run next Thursday, 19th October
HARD STYLE RICO @ STUD GRADE 5 BITCHES HEATS TONIGHT
Studmaster Luckie Karabitsakos has kindly donated a Hard Style Rico straw to the value of $2,200 to the Grade 5 Bitches Series starting with heats tonight with the winner of the final collecting the straw. The heats are races 10,11 and 12 tonight and features the likes of Dashing Deb, Zambora Blaze, Spring Flute, Zoe Rose, Allinga Molly and SA Oaks winner Where’s Poppy. The first two placegetters and two fastest thirds will qualify for next Thursdays $5,535 final.
Hard Style Rico is a winner of the Group 1 Melbourne Cup in 2020 in track record time (Sandown 515m 28.91s), Group 2 Shepparton Cup and Group 3 Silver Bullet showcased his brilliant speed and strength throughout his career. His career at stud is now starting to take off with current offspring including 2023 Adelaide Cup finalist and Match Race Series winner Schillaci showing great talent on the track.
TO MBGRC REGISTERED TRAINER MEMBERS
The MBGRC Committee wish to advise the MBGRC Registered Trainer Members that you must book your trials otherwise you may be disappointed when the Murray Bridge Greyhound racing track staff refuse to trial your greyhounds. Being a dual track facility, the Murray Bridge track staff require prior notification advising names of trainers booked for trials, at what time and on which track.
There is still a few MBGRC Registered Trainers yet to pay this year’s (2023/2024) members renewal fee, trainers who are not members of the MBGRC are required to pay $10 for each trial.
Sent on behalf of the MBGRC Committee
2023 GAWLER CUP CARNIVAL KICKS OFF ON MONDAY 23RD OCTOBER
The Gawler Gold Cup carnival will be run over two meetings this year. The Gawler GRC has been in consultation with the Thoroughbreds and Harness Racing in the region and has made a mini carnival again this year with all three codes running their main races for the year around the same time called the “Gawler Carnival of Cups”.
Our carnival will kick off on Monday, 23rd October with $3,000 Heats for the Group 3 Gawler Gold Cup over the 531m along with $1,995 Heats of the Gawler Sprint Classic for open 400m greyhounds and the $2,760 Heats of the “Bothing” Gawler Stayers Cup for open 643m greyhounds.
The Group 3 Gawler Cup Final will be run on Sunday night, 29th October worth $36,000 in prizemoney with the winner to receive $25,000. This night will include the $8,000 Gawler Sprint Classic Final, the $8,500 Final of the Bothing Gawler Stayers Cup and there will be a Consolation for the Gawler Gold Cup.
Nominations for the Gawler Cup Heats, Gawler Sprint Classic Heats and Bothing Stayers Cup close with GRSA at 9.00am on Thursday, 19th October
CHANGE OF VENUES TO ACCOMODATE THE GAWLER CUP HEATS IN OCTOBER
Please note with the Gawler Cup Heats this year being conducted on Monday night, 23rd October our normal schedule will change slightly. Angle Park will run on Friday, 20tht October with a day meeting at City B class while Sunday night, 22nd October will be a Murray Bridge Prov 1 meeting around the One Turn. Please check the October All Tracks calendar for programmed events when released.
LEIGH ROGERS GRADE 6 FEATURE – NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY 23RD OCTOBER
The Leigh Rogers Grade 6 feature will be run over the 530m journey with $3,505 Heats on Thursday, 26th October and the $14,275 Final on Thursday,2nd November.
Nominations for the Heats close with GRSA at 9.00am on Monday, 24th October.
DUAL LURE TO BE TRIALLED AT ANGLE PARK ON TUESDAY NIGHTS
As advised in last months Kennel Capers, a dual lure will be trialled at Angle Park on Tuesday nights until sufficient trialling has taken place to determine the positives and negatives of the dual lure at our venues.
To manage this process trainers will need to book trials as normal. GRSA will allocate timeslots 7.15pm to 7.40pm and 7.40pm to 8.05pm each Tuesday meaning we will be trialling up to 20 trials each Tuesday night. Having two blocks of time this will assist trial staff manage the changing of the lure etc.
When booking online please book as normal in these slots and it will be assumed that you want to trial on the dual lure. If a trainer does not want to trial on the dual lure then please book in different time slots.
When ringing up to book a trial please advise staff if you want to book a dual lure trial, bearing in mind there is only 20 trials and once gone there will not be anymore until the following week.
• Bookings for trials open for next Tuesday at 11.30am on Monday
ONLINE NOMINATIONS UPDATED WITH VACCINATION DETAILS OF GREYHOUNDS
OzChase have update the currency of the Greyhound’s vaccination and it is displayed within Online Nominations. Each Greyhound on the Currently Trained list of a trainer will include a new column displaying the latest vaccination date recorded. It will be colour coded.
**** Previously nominations have still been accepted, however, for meetings scheduled from 1st October if the greyhound does not have a current Vaccination recorded, the Online Nomination system will block the nomination from being accepted. Please ensure all vaccination paperwork is updated with GRSA to ensure nominations can be accepted****
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