Angle Park Preview - 18th January 2024
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
I have returned from a short stint overseas and boy do I need to back some winner’s. The highlight of tonight’s racing is the Final of the John Gray, race 8 on the program with $10,000 to the winner on offer. With Bobby Axelrod being scratched it will make for a very interesting race and brings others right into the mix.
Race 1 - 8.6.5.3
Race 2 - 5.1.8.2
Race 3 - 2.8.7 1
Race 4 - 2.4.6.8
Race 5 - 5.1.3.2
Race 6 - 1.4.8.7
Race 7 - 4.2.1.3
Race 8 - 2.5.4.1
Race 9 - 1.4.6.2
Race 10 - 1.7.2.8
Race 11 - 5.6.7.4
Race 12 - 2.1.5.4
Best Bets
Race 3, No: 2 - Doonan
Race 6, No: 1 - Blue Intensity
Best Each Way
Race 8, No: 1 - Harry
VACCINATION RULE FOR RACING IN SA
Trainers are reminded that Rule 25 (Minimum Vaccination Requirements) took effect Monday, 1st May, Vaccination Certificates must be received by GRSA prior to close of nominations for affected greyhounds to be considered eligible,
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections -
Race 1 - 5,3,8,1
Race 2 - 1,2,5,7
Race 3 - 2,8,7,5
Race 4 - 2,4,6,8
Race 5 - 3,5,4,8
Race 6 - 1,8,7,5
Race 7 - 6,4,2,7
Race 8 - 1,2,5,4
Race 9 - 1,6,2,4
Race 10 -1,5,4,2
Race 11-8,5,3,4
Race 12 -4,2,5,1
Best Bets: Race 5 No 3 - Baez Jinx
Best Bets: Race 8, No: 1 - Harry
Best Bets: Race 12 No 4 Immense
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next week's Angle Park Thursday meeting features -
$14,275 Doug Payne SA Bred Feature (N/P) – 530m (Free For All. SA Bred Only)
$5,810 AGRC Grade 6 Feature Final - 530m (Heats 18/1/24 AGRC sponsors with $500 to owner & $500 to trainer if winner of final is AGRC Member)
$3,680 Fastest Forward (1-4 Wins) Final–530m (Heats Sat 20/1/24. N/P Selected Worst to Best of this category. Final will be 8-dog +reserves, comprising greyhounds running the fastest times in Heats, regardless of finishing position in Heats. Any race on the program)
$2,785 Maiden– 530m
$3,680 Juvenile – 530m
$4,050 Grade 5 Masters - 530m (For greyhounds 3¾yo or over at time of nom must raced prev 6 months or qualy trialled in that time. 4yo & higher will have pref. N/P)
$6,315 Free For All – 595m (N/P – Grade 5 must nominate to be considered)
$7,140 Free For All – 730m
* Nominations close Monday 22nd January with GRSA at 9.00am.
LOCAL NEWS
SA BRED DOUG PAYNE FEATURE ON JANUARY 25TH - NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY
The $14,275 Doug Payne SA Bred Feature Free For All (Non Penalty) will be run on January 25th.
• Nominations close on Monday, 22nd January 2023 at 9.00am with GRSA.
2024 JOHN GRAY FINAL TONIGHT
After four excellent heats last Thursday night we are in for another great edition of the John Gray Grade 5 feature. Heat winners were –
Heat 1 – Bobby Axelrod 30.48
Heat 2 – Riot Rooster 30.59
Heat 3 – Minter Redeem 30.45
Heat 4 – Carton Of Bear 30.48
Tonights $14,275 John Gray Feature final will be Race 8 tonight due to be run at 9.02pm (SA Time).
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
1. Harry - Brenda Oakey
2. Riot Rooster - Ben Rawlings
3. Fantastic Ada - Liz Chegia
4. Carton Of Bear - Kim Johnstone
5. Unholy Reign - Robyn Mackellar
6. Minter Redeem - Lauren Harris
7. Dashing Deb - Gavin Harris
8. Bobby Axelrod SCR
9. Victory Club (box 8) - Rob Harnas
10. Coco Coaster (2nd Res) SCR
JOHN GRAY FEATURE - Previous Winners
1995 BENS SCANDAL J Oehme 30.12
1997 BUNDORAN W Rosmann 30.11
1998 GIVEN TALENT G Curyer 30.52
1999 KOBIE BALE C Wachtel 30.07
2000 PLATO BALE M Payne 30.11
2001 CELTIC BALE T Rasmussen 29.97
2002 MISS BOSSY L Cahalan 29.82
2003 ROB’S SPOT C Cotton 29.94
2004 EXPLOSIVE FLASH P Barry 29.41
2005 TAHMIA C Cotton 30.15
2006 NIRIMBA BELLE P Luxton 29.88
2007 POLARIS BALE N Rooney 29.99
2008 LEICA GOLDEN BOY P Jovanovic 29.80
2009 MANHATTAN ANGEL L Cahalan 29.94
2010 ASTON RACHAEL T Murray 29.63
2011 KALDEN MAYHEM T Murray 29.36
2012 LORENZO O Chegia 30.29
2013 GRAINNE O’MALLEY R Mackellar 29.78
2014 WILD SOUL Kim Johnstone 29.92
2015 MY PARTY Ray Murray 29.90
2016 ARE ATE Michele Famiglietti 29.75
2017 GUN MCBAIN Todd Kelly 30.12
2018 ASHOM MONELLI Tony Rasmussen 30.04
2019 LONG GULLY GUS Paula Hearnden 30.03
2020 AWESOME CATCH Robert Camilleri 29.77
2021 ZIPPING SULLIVAN Tim Aloisi 29.93
2022 (530m) IT’S SMUDGY Clint Trengove 30.75
2023 RAZZLE DARRYL Paul Rehmann 31.32
2024 MOUNT GAMBIER SUMMER CLASSIC FINAL ON SUNDAY
As part of the Fun in the Sun promotion we had three heats of the Mount Gambier Summer Classic last Sunday over 512m with the winners being Myall Mate 29.69, Big Yeti 30.03 and Canya Amy 29.27. The final on Sunday night looks a terrific race on paper with some exciting prospects on show.
Sunday $10,000 Final will be Race 8 on the program due to be run at 2.09pm (SA Time) with the first of 12 races at 11.55am and the last at 3.21pm.
Box Draw for 2024 Mount Gambier Summer Classic Final over 512m -
1. Big Yeti - Matthew Lanigan
2. Canya Amy - Matthew Lanigan
3. Myall Mate - Tracie Price
4. Wild Banker - Tracie Price
5. Ethanol Tank - Jason Newman
6. Compton Lass - Tracie Price
7. Compton Kelly - Tracie Price
8. Zip Along Lulu - Tony Hinrichsen
9. Magic Tom (1st Reserve) Dean Fennell
10. Mister Cadillac (2nd Reserve) Captain Abbott
FEATURE GOLDEN MAIDEN HEATS THIS SUNDAY
With 24 greyhounds nominated for the Feature Golden Maiden Series at Gawler this Sunday there will be four heats which is an excellent result for the club with the race doubling in prizemoney again this year as part of the Family Fun in the Sun promotion.
They will be races 1,2,3 and 4 and be run over the 531m journey.
The first two placegetters from each heat will qualify for next Sundays 8 dog final, 28th January, worth $10,000.
ST LEGER HEATS ON THURSDAY 1st FEBRUARY
A reminder to trainers that the St Leger Heats for greyhounds whelped on or after 1st July, 2021 are to be run on Thursday, 1st February with the Final on Thursday, 8th February.
Prizemoney for the St Leger series is – Heats - $5,810 and the Final - $14,275.
• Nominations for the Heats close with GRSA at 9am on Monday, 29th January
NEXT ICG MEETING – TUESDAY 23RD JANUARY
The next ICG meeting will be held on Tuesday, 23rd January with an Agenda sent out to the panel earlier this week.
NO TRIALS AT MURRAY BRIDGE ON MONDAY 22nd JANUARY
Please note that there will be No Trials at Murray Bridge on Monday, 22nd January due to staffing issues.
There will also be NO trials on the Murray Bridge Straight track ONLY on Wednesday 24th January due to staffing. If this can be resolved, then these trials will be put back on.
STAYING EVENTS TO MOVE TO 5 RUNNERS AS A MINIMUM FROM JANUARY 2024
For a number of years GRSA has supported our staying ranks by running these events with a minimum of 4 runners. GRSA has tried to encourage this pool to grow at the expense of other events on a program, even with such small numbers. However, from meetings drawn in January 2024 any staying event programmed will need to be a minimum of 5 runners to be considered in the program. This will affect the Angle Park 730m, Murray Bridge 680m and Mt Gambier 732m.
GRSA will continue to review processes in relation to the field size and scheduling.