Angle Park Preview - 18th May 2023
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
What a great night of racing we have ahead of us tonight with 2 terrific semis of the Group 3 2023 Howard Ashton series (races 4 and 5) with the Rasmussen kennel again holding a strong hand in both races and have their star engaged in Victa Damian who equaled the track record here last week running a slick 29.86. He will start very short again but its great to see the caliber of him racing here in his home state with a lot of onlookers from around the country tuning in see him run.
Race 1 - 1.2.4.6
Race 2 - 7.4.6.2
Race 3 - 4.6.1.2
Race 4 - 7.5.2.8
Race 5 - 3.2.6.1
Race 6 - 2.5.3.5
Race 7 - 1.4.2.5
Race 8 - 1.4.8.2
Race 9 - 8.7.3.6
Race 10 - 5.3.1.7
Race 11 - 7.4.6.3
Race 12 - 3.1.7.8
Best Bets
Race 1 no 1 - Spring Flute
Race 5 no 3 - Victa Marli
Best Each Way
Race 8 no 1 - Balonne Boy
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.
MURRAY BRIDGE STAT TRIALS
Please be advised Satisfactory Trials at Murray Bridge on Wednesday nights will be conducted on a fortnightly basis due to staffing issues. The next fortnightly opportunity will be Wednesday, 24th May.
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next weeks Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$37,500 2023 Howard Ashton Final –Group 3-530m (Classic Event. No penalties or awards apply. SA Bred greyhounds whelp Jan 21-Jun 21 & paid up for Breeders 2023. Heats 11/5/23, Semi Finals 18/5/23)
$6,015 Heats Shane McQueen Feature – 595m (Open event. $14,275 Final 1/6/23)
$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)
4,210 Mixed Masters - 530m (For greyhounds 3¾yo or over at time of nom - must have raced previous 6 months or qualy trialled in that time. 4yo & higher will have pref. N/P)
$3,505 Grade 6 – 530m (For greyhounds who have won up to 4 races)
$2,650 Maiden – 530m
Nominations close Monday 22nd May with GRSA at 9.00am.
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s wonderful night of racing at Angle Park tonight.
First 4 selections
Race 1 :1,2,6,4
Race 2 : 7,8,2,4
Race 3: 4,6,2,1
Race 4: 7,5,3,2
Race 5: 2,3,1,6
Race 6: 2,4,8,3
Race 7: 4,1,5,2
Race 8: 3,4,1,2
Race 9: 7,3,6,1
Race 10: 3,5,1,7
Race 11: 4,5,3,7
Race 12: 3,2,7,4
Best Bets: Race 5, No. 2 Victa Speed
Best Bets: Race 11, No. 4 Ricolina Babe
Eachway: Race 8, No. 3 Alvin Rose
LOCAL NEWS
2023 GROUP 3 HOWARD ASHTON SEMI FINALS TONIGHT
There were three terrific heats of the Group 3 Howard Ashton last Thursday night with heat winners being Coorong Cam (30.50), Victa Damian (29.86 equal track record) and Victa Marli (30.45).
We now have two $4,500 semi-finals tonight with the first four from each event qualifying for the Group 3 $37,500 final next Thursday May 25th. The races tonight will be races 4 and 5 on the program with all greyhounds eligible for Breeders 2023. The box draw will be conducted oncourse after the running of Race 6.
Race 4 @ 7.43pm - Semi Final 1
1. Elegant Ritzy - Richard Stasiak
2. Time After Time - Tim Richards
3. Victa Tony - Tony Rasmussen
4. Boom Boom Jinx - Gavin Harris
5. Victa Alby - Tony Rasmussen
6. Faster Than Slow - Don Turner
7. Victa Damian - Lisa Rasmussen
8. Live It - Tony Rasmussen
9. Phoebe’s Baby - SCR
10. Remember Lee - SCR
Race 5 @ 8.04pm - Semi Final 2
1. Victa Tara - Tony Rasmussen
2. Victa Speed - Tony Rasmussen
3. Victa Marli - Tony Rasmussen
4. Victa Kerle - Tony Rasmussen
5. Rocky Roll -Daniel Gibbons
6. Coorong Cam - Tim Richards
7. Baez Jinx - Gavin Harris
8. Thanks Joan - Lisa Rasmussen
9. Phoebe’s Baby - SCR
10. Remember Lee - SCR
SA DISTANCE CHAMPION AT SANDOWN TONIGHT
Last month’s SA Distance Champion, Zipping Patch for trainer Ashlee Griffiths and owner Cameron Foreshaw have made the trip across the border for the Group 1 Sandown Cup heats to be run tonight. Now in the care of Kayla Cottrell he is engaged in race 4 at 6.43pm (SA time) and has drawn box 3. Also in the series is SA Bred and SA Owned by Michael Ceravolo, Stewart and Cherylee Barber, Bedrock Fred which has been a frequent flyer over the last 12 to 18 months taking on the best stayers in the land. He is in race 3 number 4 due to start at 6.19pm.
In the Sapphire Crown final tonight SA owner Ed Burrett will be hoping his greyhound Let’s Win Coin can upset the big names of greyhound racing in Wow She’s Fast, Kelsey Bale and Baby Jaycee in the Group 1 feature. The final is race 8 at 8.10pm and she jumps from box 3.
2023 WEBLEC ACE AND MEPUNGA BLAZER AT STUD MURRAY BRIDGE STRAIGHT TRACK CUP FINAL ON TUESDAY
Five heats of the Weblec Ace and Mepunga Blazer at Stud Murray Bridge Straight Track Cup were run on Tuesday with some impressive performances on show. Fastest qualifier for the final came in the final heat with Cash On Delivery qualifying in a handy 19.37 on a rain affected track. Other heat winners were Paxton Dutton 19.56, Federal Outlaw 19.69, So Be It 19.41 and Aston Ziebell 19.30. The box draw was conducted on course for next Tuesdays $14,275 feature making for an exciting contest.
Box Draw for 2023 $14,275 Weblec Ace & Mepunga Blazer @ Stud Murray Bridge Straight Track Cup Final over 350m next Tuesday at Murray Bridge -
1. Lot Of Poise - Tony Rasmussen
2. Federal Outlaw - Ben Rawlings
3. Aston Olenna - David Peckham
4. So Be It - Bosco Stamenkovic
5. John Dutton - Tony Rasmussen
6. Paxton Dutton - Nathan Goodenough
7. Aston Ziebell - David Peckham
8. Cash On Delivery - Ashlee Griffiths
9. He’s On Fire (1st Res) - Tim Richards
10. Taylor Toves (2nd Res) - Nathan Goodenough
SHANE MCQUEEN HEATS – NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY
The main 595m feature at Angle Park comes up on Thursday, 25th May with the running of the Heats of the Shane McQueen.
This series has always been well supported by the Industry with three or four Heats normally run. The $14,275 Final will be held on Thursday, 1st June. \
• Nominations for the Heats close on Monday, 22nd May with GRSA at 9.00am.
LOW GRADE RACE FOR THURSDAYS AT ANGLE PARK
In an effort to ensure we are programming 12 races each Thursday night at Angle Park GRSA has introduced a low grade race for some Thursday nights. These races are for Grade 5 greyhounds over 530m that have a low WPS (Weighted Points Score). Prizemoney will be slightly less than a normal Grade 5, however, these races will be non-penalty. There will be no guarding, no reserves and only one 8 greyhound race. This should provide encouragement for those trainers who have 500m+ greyhounds but feel they cannot compete on a normal Thursday night due to current form. We are hoping to draw from a different pool of greyhounds and GRSA would encourage trainers to nominate.
$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)
The next programmed event is on Thursday, 25th May.
• Nominations for the Heats close Monday, 22nd May with GRSA at 9.00am
GRSA has also continued with the 1 – 4 win Time Graded Heats on a Saturday morning over 530m into a Thursday night Final, however, with the introduction of the race on Thursday night, in May the 5+ 530m Time Graded events will only be run if insufficient nominations for the meeting (there will be no Heats for this pool of greyhounds).
GRSA will also continue running Heats at Murray Bridge, Angle Park Monday and Gawler into a Thursday night Final where the program allows to draw from a different pool of greyhounds over 500m.
NEW FLOORING FOR MURRAY BRIDGE
GRSA Maintenance and contractors require a week to install new Regupol flooring in the kennel house at Murray Bridge. The plan for this to occur is in the last part of this month into the first week of June which will cause the least amount of disruption to the racing and trialling schedule. Kennels are required to be removed, the floor will need to be grinded back and then prepared for Regupol installation, kennels will need to be reinstalled, this will take about a week to be completed with dates Saturday, 27th May to Sunday, 4th June 2023. It is anticipated that trials will not be impacted at Murray Bridge during this period bearing in mind the kennel house will not be available. Angle Park will race on Tuesday 30/5 and Gawler on Sunday 4/6.
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.