Angle Park Preview - 14th September
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
What a huge night of racing we have here at Angle Park this evening. The first final is the running of the 2023 SA Oaks in race 6 on the program. The better chances are the book ends in Mepunga Surprise who has drawn perfectly down in box 1 and the locally trained Where’s Poppy who is out in box 8. Both have their fair share of ability and have claims to the $25,000 to the winner cheque. It looks like a cracking event so make sure you have a First Four. Add Wynburn Honey and Zipping Mahalia for the minors. Box Up 1.4.7.8
The second of tonight’s finals is the running of the 2023 SA Derby in race 8 and that has certainly ended up being a high-quality affair on paper. Schillaci (1) was very impressive when winning here last Thursday scoring by over 13L in a BON 30.27 in heavy conditions, he has early pace and is the one they will have to catch. Mepunga Smokey (7) was as impressive when he pounced straight to the front and ran 30.32, the Jeff Britton sprinter has now won his last 5 and can handle the draw, the Derby also has a handy $25,000 to the winner on offer. Add in Aston Costello and Weblec Wolf for the First Four.
Tips for this evening,
Race 1 - 3,1,5,2
Race 2 - 4,2,7,5
Race 3 - 2,8,1,6
Race 4 - 1,6,2,5
Race 5 - 6,1,8,3
Race 6 - 1,8,7,4
Race 7 - 5,7,2,6
Race 8 - 1,7,5,4
Race 9 - 8,2,1,6
Race 10 - 5,7,3,1
Race 11 - 6,2,4,8
Race 12 - 7,2,5,4
Best Bets
Race 4 No 1 - Rockin’ Rhino
Race 5 No 6 - Wynburn Dozer
Best Each Way
Race 12 No 7 -Hoogley
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections –
Race 1 - 2,3,1,4
Race 2 – 4,7,5,2
Race 3 – 2,8,6,1
Race 4 – 1,2,3,4
Race 5 – 6,2,3,5
Race 6 – 8,7,6,4
Race 7 – 5,6,1,7
Race 8 – 1,7,4,5
Race 9 – 2,8,1,6
Race 10 – 5,7,3,1
Race 11 – 6,8,2,4
Race 12 – 8,4,1,7
Best Bets: Race 6 No 8 Where’s Poppy
Best Bets: Race 11 No 5 Chair Man
Eachway Bets: Race 1 No 2 Balonne Boy
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next week’s Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
TAB Match Race Challenge (SA takes on the ALL-STARS) - 530m (Special Event – No Penalty. 4 greyhounds from SA verses 4 greyhounds from Interstate. 4 - Match Races @ $4,000 - $4,750 each. Overall Winner ($7.5k, $2.5k, $1k). Match Race conditions as advertised) (*Winner of the TAB Match Race Challenge (SA V Allstars) will be guaranteed a spot into the Group 1 Adelaide Cup Final 6/10. Bypass the Heats. Conditions apply)
$2,650 Open Maiden – 530m
$4,210 Heats Restricted Wins Feature – 595m (0-8 wins only at time of nomination. $5,535 Final 28/9/23)
$3,505 Fastest Forward (1-4 Wins) Final – 530m (Heats Saturday 16/9/23. 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)
$3,855 AGRC Grade 6 Final – 530m (Heats 14/9/23. AGRC sponsors with $500 to owner & $500 to trainer if winner of Final is AGRC Member)
$6,790 Free For All – 730m
Nominations close Monday 18th September with GRSA at 9.00am.
2023 SA OAKS FINAL TONIGHT
There were two heats of the SA Oaks with some fantastic racing on show even though the weather conditions were very challenging last week. The first heat was taken out by Tasmanian Wynburn Honey for trainer Ben Englund in 30.85 when she showed terrific mid race pace to hit the lead down the back and record a strong win. Local Where’s Poppy won the second heat for Kirin Corby in impressive fashion when she was able to lead throughout for a comfortable win in a solid 30.96.
The $35,000 Group Three Final is race 6 on the program and is listed to jump at 8.28pm (SA time).
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
1. Mepunga Surprise - Jeff Britton
2. Magical Mystic - Bosco Stamenkovic
3. Purified - Jeff Britton
4. Wynburn Honey - Ben Englund
5. Fast Headache - Lachlan Mill
6. Weblec Jewel - Jeff Britton
7. Zipping Mahalia - Nicole Price
8. Where’s Poppy - Kirin Corby
9. Zinfandel Evie (1st Res) - SCR
10. Senna Wick (2nd Res) - SCR
2023 SA DERBY FINAL TONIGHT
There were two superb SA Derby heats last week where some of the best young chasers took centre stage at Angle Park and didn’t let anyone down. The first heat was won brilliantly by Schillaci for Victorian trainer Jihad Talgi who recorded a flying 30.27 in leading all the way and winning by over 13 lengths. The second heat replicated the first heat with Mepunga Smokey for Victorian trainer Jeff Britton leading throughout in suburb fashion and winning by over 11 lengths in a slick 30.32.
The $35,000 Group Three Final is race 8 on the program and is listed to jump at 9.13pm (SA time).
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
1. Schillaci - Jihad Talgi
2. In The Bug - L/SCR
3. Lochinvar Milan - Kiah Hurley
4. Aston Costello - Vicki Wisener
5. Weblec Wolf -Jeff Britton
6. Who Knows Reg - Don Turner
7. Mepunga Smokey - Jeff Britton
8. Departed - Jeff Britton
9. Footrot Fender (1st Res) - SCR
10. Buzz The Hustler (2nd Res) - SCR
AFIRE TO TRIAL TONIGHT AT ANGLE PARK
Recent Sandown Speedstar winner Afire for trainer Jason Sharp will trial at Angle Park tonight in preparation for next Thursdays SA V Allstars Match Race Series and Group 1 Adelaide Cup Final on Friday 6th October. Locally owned by Ed Burrett he comes of an unplaced run in Group 1 Dapto Megastar where he didn’t have much luck. He is a winner of 9 of his 30 starts which includes two 29.24 wins at Sandown recently. He will trial in between races tonight.
BIG ENERGY TRIALLING TONIGHT AT ANGLE PARK
Former WA sprinter and now Victorian trained Big Energy for trainer Jacquie Greenough will trial tonight in between races in preparation of our upcoming feature events which includes the SA V Allstar Match Race series and the Group 1 TAB Adelaide Cup. He started favourite in the recent Sandown Speedstar running 29.35 and won the Launching Pad Consolation in a brilliant 28.93 with only a few greyhounds in history breaking 29 seconds at Sandown. He boasts the impressive record of 10 wins and 3 placings from 20 starts and will trial in between races tonight.
TRACK GRADE TODAY AT MURRAY BRIDGE STRAIGHT TRACK
GRSA advise that there will be a Grading & Track Harrow of the Murray Bridge Straight Track today (Thursday 14/9) by our maintenance team.
ADELAIDE GREYHOUND RACING CLUB FEATURE GRADE 6 HEATS TONIGHT
The AGRC have sponsored another event this month that provides benefits to members with two heats of the AGRC Grade 6 series programmed tonight (races 4 and 5). The final will be run next Thursday 21st September for $3,855 with $500 to owner and $500 to trainer if winner of Final is AGRC Member.
ICG MEETING TOMORROW
The next meeting of the Industry Consultative Group will be held tomorrow (Friday 15th September) to be held in the offices of GRSA with an Agenda sent to the panel this week.
2023 TAB MATCH RACE CHALLENGE – NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY
South Australia will again conduct the annual Match Race Challenge in September, to be held next Thursday, 21st September during the rich Adelaide Cup Carnival. With the Million Dollar Chase changing AGAIN to race on top of the Group 1 Adelaide Cup this year, GRSA has kept the conditions of the series the same as last year to be “SA TAKES ON THE ALL-STARS” to ensure that the Angle Park TAB Match Race Challenge attracts the best greyhounds possible. It will be four (4) SA greyhounds taking on the four (4) best nominated greyhounds from anywhere in Australia.
GRSA will still guarantee the winner of the TAB Match Race Challenge direct entry into the $100,000 to the winner Group 1 Adelaide Cup Final on Friday, 6th October (bypassing the Adelaide Cup Heats). The winner of the Match Race series is considered qualified for the Group 1 Adelaide Cup and will not be eligible to compete in another series.
• Nominations close at 9am on Monday, 18th September with GRSA.
• Interstate trainers wishing to nominate in SA are advised that GRSA have implemented the Vaccination Rule (R25). You MUST have your greyhound C5 vaccinated and have lodged the Vaccination Certificate with your Controlling Body prior to close of nominations.
Conditions of the TAB Match Race Challenge – SA TAKES ON THE ALL-STARS:
Eligibility as to who represents South Australia or All-Stars will be based around the National Championships domiciliary clause. Greyhounds need to be trained in the State they wish to represent for 76 days out of the last 150 days prior to the date that nominations close (18th September).
The best four (4) greyhounds nominated from SA will be selected by the GRSA Grader to represent “SA’s Best”. The best four (4) greyhounds nominated from Interstate will be selected by the GRSA Grader to represent “the All-Stars”.
The Grader will use whatever information he has available to select those greyhounds including liaising with other State bodies as required. The SA Grader’s decision will be final.
Those greyhounds not selected from Interstate will be given the opportunity to solo trial or race in another event on the night.
Reserves will be declared, with one (1) from SA and one (1) from Interstate (dependant on nominations), which will replace the SA or All-Stars representative as required.
For example the SA reserve will only replace an SA scratching.
The Grader will rate the four (4) greyhounds from SA and the four (4) from Interstate in order from 1 to 4, with No.1 being the highest rated greyhound from each group. The head-to-head matches will be decided by the two No. 1 rated greyhounds competing against each other and then it will be 2 v 2, 3 v 3 and 4 v 4.
Prizemoney for each individual match will also reflect the seeding of greyhounds from 1 to 4, with the No. 1 rated greyhounds racing for the most prizemoney in the head-to-head races. However, the overall winner of the race will still be determined on actual race times run by each greyhound (to three decimal places only).
PRIZEMONEY:
Prizemoney for each pairing: • 1 v 1 – Winner $4,750, Runner Up $500 • 2 v 2 – Winner $4,500, Runner Up $500 • 3 v 3 – Winner $4,250, Runner Up $500 • 4 v 4 – Winner $4,000, Runner Up $500
Prizemoney for the overall placings for TAB Match Race Challenge (based on overall times): • 1st – $7,500 • 2nd – $2,500 • 3rd – $1,000
LOW GRADE SERIES AT ANGLE PARK
The next Low Grade Feature Series at Angle Park will be a Restricted (0-8 Wins) series over the 595m with $4,210 Heats on Thursday, 21st September and the $5,535 Final on Thursday, 28th September.
• Nominations for the Heats close Monday, 18th September at 9.00am.
2023 SA COUNTRY CUP CONDITIONS – NOMINATIONS CLOSING NEXT WEEK
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 6th October 2023.
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 1 & 2, Murray Bridge One Turn Provincial 1 and Mount Gambier Provincial 1 & 2.
• 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. This condition is not applicable to the Mt Gambier representatives. 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:
1. The Interstate trainer has had starters at 10 meetings for Mt Gambier in the previous 12 months.
2. The Interstate trainer must have trained the greyhound nominated for the previous 2 months.
• Graders’ discretion will be used to determine the best nominated.
• The greyhound must be SA trained (except Mount Gambier as above).
o A South Australian trained greyhound is defined as one that has been racing in SA for a period of not less than 2 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.
• A greyhound can only be drawn into one of the club venues
• 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
Gawler 531m Friday 22.09.23 (Nominations close Tuesday 19th September at 9am)
Mt Gambier 512m Sunday 24.09.23 (Nominations close Tuesday 19th September at 9am)
Murray Bridge 530m Sunday 24.09.23 (Nominations close Wednesday 20th September at 9am)
Country Cup Final Prizemoney
1st $5,000
2nd $1,250
3rd $650
Unplaced $200
GOTBA COURSING – OAKS, DERBY AND WATERLOO CUP NEXT MEETING
The next meeting for the GOTBA will feature the Oaks, Derby and Waterloo Cup to be run on Sunday, 24th September. Dates for GOTBA Coursing at Virginia until the end of the season are listed below.
Sunday September 24
Sunday October 8
Please be mindful of the policy change from last year for events at Coursing.
“ For any GOTBA Coursing meetings programmed , effective immediately all Coursing events will be conducted and completed as programmed, there will not be a choice as to whether to run or not. The only time that a race will be declared a No Course is if there is a mechanical or other defect that may prevent a race from being completed in the opinion of the stewards at their discretion, supported by the rules of racing”
TAB ADELAIDE CUP TO RACE ON FRIDAY 6TH OCTOBER
Thanks to the support of Greyhound Racing Victoria, South Australia will be able to run our premier Group 1 meeting on Friday, 6th October. SA will swap our Friday Day meeting with Victoria’s night meeting so we can race in the evening. Due to programming some of the races early on the program will be on Sky 2, however, our Group 1 Adelaide Cup and feature races will be on Sky 1 with the Cup to be run slightly later than normal to accommodate Sky Racing scheduling.
Murray Bridge will race on the Thursday night before the Cup (5th October) retaining our normal night time Sky 1 slot. In past years this meeting was run in the twilight on Sky 2.
GRSA is very appreciative of GRV for assisting with this scheduling change which would not have happened without their support.
2023 GROUP 1 TAB ADELAIDE CUP CONDITIONS
TAB Adelaide Cup Race Dates:
Thursday, 28th September: TAB Adelaide Cup Open Heats up to 8 @ $14,275 each
Friday, 6th October: TAB Adelaide Cup Final @ $145,250 ($100,000 to the winner)
TAB Adelaide Cup Consolation @ $14,275
• Nominations: TAB Adelaide Cup Heats close Monday, 25th September with GRSA at 9.00am.
The overall winner of the SA Match Race (SA V Allstars) series will be guaranteed a spot in the Group 1 Adelaide Cup on Friday, 6th October. This greyhound will not be eligible to compete in the Heats on Thursday, 28th September.
INDUSTRY CONSULTATIVE GROUP PANEL MEETING OUTCOMES – TO BE IMPLEMENTED FROM 1ST SEPTEMBER
GRSA has been publishing the change in policy and penalties to be applied from the most recent ICG meeting. These will now take affect from the race meetings to be conducted from 1st September and introduced from 1st September.
• 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 from 1st September.
• 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 for meetings conducted on the 1st September onwards.
• The ICG panel confirmed and supported a $100 fine for any late pink Card applications. For implementation from 1st September.
• 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 in the month of September.
DUAL LURE TO BE TRIALLED AT ANGLE PARK THIS TUESDAY NIGHT
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
NEW SPONSOR FOR MURRAY BRIDGE SUMMER DERBY AND OAKS IN DECEMBER
The Murray Bridge GRC are please to announce a new sponsor for their Club in Fischer Motors and also that they will take the naming rights sponsors of both the Summer Oaks and Summer Derby to be run in December. Along with the sponsorship the club has increased both races to $7,500 each from $5,000 and added a $1000 bonus for the trainer of each final if they are a member of the MBGRC. Conditions -
Heats Sunday 3rd December and Finals Sunday 10th December 2023
$2,285 Heats 2023 Fischer Motors Murray Bridge Country Summer Derby – 455m (For dogs whelped on or after 1st July, 2021. $7,500 final on Sunday 10/12/23. All grades eligible)
$2,285 Heats 2023 Fischer Motors Murray Bridge Country Summer Oaks – 455m (For bitches whelped on or after 1st July, 2021. $7,500 final on Sunday 10/12/23. All grades eligible)
• $1000 bonus for the trainer of each final if they are a member of the club (full paying trainer)