Angle Park Preview - 22nd June
TELLING THE TAIL
Tonight here at headquarters we have another terrific 12 event program with the highlight being the 2023 Bayroad Queen Final over the 730m, we have been having a good run on the punt of late and let’s hope we can continue again here tonight. Race 8 is the one we will concentrate on as that’s the Final with $10,000 going to the winner, I love my distance racing and it is hard to go past Zipping Neutron who has been in great form since arriving here in SA under the care of Tim Aloisi, he has won his last three and from the draw just needs an ounce of luck early and is the one to beat again. The dangers are the pacey Springvale Bray and Zipping Patch, add Troy Intention for the First Four.
Tonight’s tips
Race 1 - 2,5,1,4
Race 2 - 5,7,8,1
Race 3 - 4,2,5,7
Race 4 - 2,6,4,1
Race 5 - 6,2,8,3
Race 6 - 1,3,5,8
Race 7 - 2,5,8,7
Race 8 - 8,6,7,3
Race 9 - 2,6,4,8
Race 10 - 5,2,4,1
Race 11 - 6,1,8,2
Race 12 - 7,1,5,8
Best Bets
Race 5 No. 6 Quest For Extra
Race 10 No 5 Agent Nineteen
Best Roughie
Race 8 No 3 Troy Intention
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park tonight
First 4 selections –
Race 1 - 2,5,8,1
Race 2 - 8,5,4,7
Race 3 - 4,2,5,7
Race 4 - 2,6,4,7
Race 5 - 6,8,2,7
Race 6 - 8,5,3,1
Race 7 - 2,5,7,8
Race 8- 8,1,3,4
Race 9 - 4,1,2,6
Race 10 - 5,2,7,4
Race 11 - 8,6,1,2
Race 12 - 7,5,1,4
Best Bets: Race 7, No. 2 Ravers Army
Best Bets: Race 8, No. 8 Zipping Neutron
Eachway: Race 6, No. 8 Molly Irish
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next weeks Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$5,535 Grade 6 Feature Final – 530m (Heats 22/6/23)
$3,505 Fastest Forward (1-4 Wins) Final – 530m (Heats Saturday 24/6/23. 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)
$3,505 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)
$3,855 Maiden/Grade 6 – 595m
$2,650 Maiden – 530m
$4,210 Masters Mixed – 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)
$3,505 Juvenile – 530m
$6,790 Free For All – 730m
Nominations close Monday 26th June with GRSA at 9.00am.
“STOP PRESS”
MURRAY BRIDGE STRAIGHT DAY TUESDAY 27th JUNE RE-EXTENDED &
GAWLER DAY WEDNESDAY 28th JUNE
NOMINATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW (FRIDAY 23rd JUNE)
GRADING REVIEW PANEL MEETING OUTCOMES
The most recent Grading Review Panel meeting was held on Friday, 2nd June. It was an extremely positive meeting with the panel agreeing to some changes to City A Grade 6 conditions to help encourage and retain greyhounds racing at Angle Park on Thursday nights (City A) over the 500m+ . There were also some slight changes to Masters events for greyhounds that have broken the time standard to help them get back into these events a bit sooner. Please log onto the GRSA website or this weeks Kennel Capers to have a look at the changes.
IMPORTANT UPDATE - LICENSING
GRSA wishes to advise Participants of the following:
• Owners renewing licenses will NOT require Police Clearances at the current renewal period (30/6/2023);
• Trainers, Attendants and Breeders WILL require Police Clearances as previously advised and
• A grace period will apply to those experiencing difficulties
If you are requiring assistance in obtaining a Police Clearance, we encourage you to contact Renee Colquhoun (8243 7113 – [email protected]) or Des Jonas (8243 7166 – 0478 189 366 – [email protected]) at your earliest convenience.
Please note – If you have not renewed your licence by tomorrow (Friday 23rd June) this may prevent any greyhounds being nominated for upcoming meetings from July 1 onwards. Please ensure your trainer and owner’s licences are all up to date when nominating.
2023 BAYROAD QUEEN STAYERS FINAL TONIGHT
After two excellent heats last week of the Bayroad Queen Stayer’s Cup tonights final looks a great race on paper over the staying trip of 730m. Heat winners last week were the Tim Aloisi trained Zipping Neutron running 42.85 and the Mike Giniotis trained Springvale Bray running 43.05.
Tonight’s final is worth $15,250 and will be race 8 on the program due to start at 9.04pm.
The Bayroad Queen Stayer’s Cup is named in honour of one of the State’s best ever stayers. Bayroad Queen competed in the early 80’s and in 1982 she won the National Distance Final breaking a 13 year dominance of NSW and Victoria. She also won the equivalent of the Association Cup at Harold Park and Sandown Cup at Olympic Park and was named the SA Greyhound of the Year. She broke the Angle Park track record on two occasions inside a month and at the peak of her powers she was considered the best stayer in the country
2023 Bayroad Queen Stayers Cup Final over 730m tonight at Angle Park -
1. Springvale Rex Gavin Harris
2. Cawbourne Attack Tony Rasmussen
3. Troy Intention Clint Trengove
4. Dashing Jinx Clint Trengove
5. Fantastic Luna Elizabeth Chegia
6. Springvale Bray Michael Giniotis
7. Zipping Patch Ashlee Griffiths
8. Zipping Neutron Tim Aloisi
9. Machismo (1st Res) SCR
10. Poppy’s Pashion (2nd Res) SCR
HE’S ON FIRE LOOKING FOR BACK TO BACK LIGHTNING WINS IN QUEENSLAND TONIGHT
The Tim Richards trained He’s On Fire, who holds the first split records at Angle Park over the 342m and 530m is in a $12,000 to the winner TAB Lightning final over the 331m at Albion Park tonight. This is a special feat and wonderful training performance considering he won this very race 12 months ago coming through the heats and winning the final. He is in race 1 and will come out of box 8 after winning his heat on Monday night due to jump at 6.19pm SA time.
2023 GAWLER PRODUCE FINAL ON SUNDAY
There were two semi finals of the 2023 Gawler Produce conducted last Sunday night at the Northern venue. Semi final winners were Fantastic Tommy for Barry Stewart in 30.87 and See My Future for Tracey Amos in 30.84.
Sunday nights final is worth $22,000 final and will be race 8 on the program due to start at 7.48pm.
The winner of the Produce final is also eligible for a $10,000 bonus if it can win the 2023 Gawler Gold Cup later this year in October. If the winner of the Gawler Produce is SA Bred, there is also a $1,000 SA Bred Bonus.
Box Draw for the $22,000 2023 Gawler Produce Cup Final over 531m on Sunday at Gawler -
1. Silk Sonic Tim Richards
2. Victa Monty Tony Rasmussen
3. Coorong Cam Tim Richards
4. Victa Tony Tony Rasmussen
5. Boom Boom Jinx Gavin Harris
6. See My Future Tracey Amos
7. Could Be King Ben Rawlings
8. Fantastic Tommy Barry Stewart
9. Pockets Watson (1st Res) Ben Rawlings
10. Elegant Ritzy (2nd Res) Richard Stasiak
Also featured on the night is the $5,000 Mike Wittholz Mixed Masters Feature Final over the 400m after three heats were run last Sunday which is race 6 on the program along with the Gawler Produce Consolation which is race 4.
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.
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, 29th June.
• Nominations close Monday, 26th June 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.
2023 GAWLER BREEDERS HEATS ON JUNE 30
After the Group 3 Howard Ashton Final this month the Gawler Breeders over 531m will be run on Friday, 30th June and Friday, 7th July for those greyhounds that are eligible for Breeders 2023.
*Nominations for the Heats close on Tuesday, 27th June with GRSA at 9.00am.*
2023 CHAMPION PUPPY SERIES KICKS OF IN JULY
Special Event – No Penalties Apply - Un-Raced Maidens are ineligible. For greyhounds whelped on or after 1st July 2021.
HEATS @ $5,535 – Thursday 13.07.23
FINAL @ $14,275 - Thursday 20.07.23
*Nominations for the Heats close on Monday, 10th July with GRSA at 9.00am.*
2023 MOUNT GAMBIER ANNIVERSARY CUP WORTH $8,000 ON 23rd JULY
One of the main feature meetings for the Mount Gambier GRC is programmed on Sunday, 23rd July where the $8,000 (increase in prizemoney) Exchange Printers Anniversary Cup Final for Open greyhounds will be run over the 512m along with the $2,500 John Reid Memorial Maiden Final over 305m and the $5,000 Eric Lewis Memorial Feature Open over the 732m along with other events. Heats for both the Anniversary Cup and John Reid Maiden will be run on Sunday, 16th July with both weeks likely to have some terrific racing.
*Nominations for the Heats close on Tuesday, 11th July with GRSA at 9.00am.*
GOTBA COURSING DATES
GOTBA at Virginia Coursing dates until the end of the season. GRSA will continue to grade a mix of 4 and 8 dog events as the season progresses.
Sunday July 2
Sunday July 16
Sunday August 13
Sunday August 27
Sunday September 10
Sunday October 8