Angle Park Preview - 23rd November
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
The highlight of tonight’s racing is the running of the 2023 Brian Johnstone Final (race 8) over the 530m with $25,000 waiting for the winner on offer. The race has certainly turned into a feature over the years and tonight’s event is no different with several chances. I will stick with My Khaleesi down in box 1, she has won her last four here and has the box speed to be on the pace early from the good draw, Footrot Fender and Magical Mystic both have claims on their recent good form and both have terrific box speed.
Race 1 3,4,2,8
Race 2 2,1,6,4
Race 3 2,6,4,1
Race 4 3,8,7,6
Race 5 7,3,5,1
Race 6 5,2,3,4
Race 7 8,2,4,7
Race 8 1,6,3,4
Race 9 7,1,4,5
Race 10 2,4,6,1
Race 11 3,1,7
Race 12 7,1,3,8
Best Bets
Race 6 NO 5 Quest For Extra
Race 8 NO 1 My Khaleesi
Best Each Way
Race 1 NO 3 Bronze Titan
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 wonderful night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections -
Race 1 -2,4,3,1
Race 2 -2,8, 6,4
Race 3 -4,2,1,6
Race 4 - 8,3,6,4
Race 5 -3,7,1,6
Race 6 - 8,4, 5,7
Race 7 -8,4,5,7
Race 8 -1,3,4,6
Race 9 - 1,7,4,8
Race 10 -2,6,8,4
Race 11-3,1,7
Race 12 -7,8,3,2
Best Bets: Race 5 No 3 Springvale Bray
Best Bets: Race 8 No 1 My Khaleesi
Best Bets: Race 9 No 1 Blossom Michelle
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next week's Angle Park Thursday meeting features -
$3,855 Heats G5 Masters – 530m (For greyhounds 3¾yo or over at time of nom-must raced prev 6 months or qualy trialled in that time. 4yo & higher pref. $5,535 Final 7/12/23)
$3,505 Fastest Forward (1-4 Wins) Final–530m (Hts Sat 25/11. 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)
$2,650 Open Maiden – 530m
$3,855 Grade 6 – 595m
$3,505 Grade 6 – 530m (For greyhounds who have won 1 or 2 races)
$4,560 Mixed - 595m
$6,790 Open-730m
Nominations close Monday 27th November with GRSA at 9.00am.
2023 BRIAN JOHNSTONE FINAL TONIGHT
Last Thursday night at Angle Park there were two terrific semi-finals of the Group 3 Brian Johnstone where the first four placegetters from each semi-final qualified for tonight’s feature final. The fastest qualifier for the final was My Khaleesi for Ben Rawlings who ran a flying 30.57 when she was able to lead throughout and make it four wins on the bounce. The other semi-final winner was won by Champion Puppy winner Footrot Fender for Bosco Stamenkovic in 30.69 when he showed good field sense early to run to the front and hold on for a strong win.
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
1. My Khaleesi - Ben Rawlings
2. Orson Surfer - Neil Mann
3. Magical Mystic -Bosco Stamenkovic
4. Buzz The Hustler - Maurie Kiley
5. Lauren’s Regret - Ben Rawlings
6. Footrot Fender - Bosco Stamenkovic
7. Terrific Bobby - Liz Chegia
8. Rico Nismo - Richard Pearce
9. Rafferty Blues (1st Res) - SCR
10. Mellow Mead (2nd Res) - SCR
The Group 3 Brian Johnstone Final is for eligible SA Bred greyhounds whelped between July 2021 and December 2021. The $37,500 Final is race 8 tonight and is listed to jump at 9.10pm (SA time).
The final part of this series will be the Gawler Classic 2023 over the 531m to be run on Sunday 31st December for the heats and the final on Friday 5th January.
$12,500 TAB QUADRELLA JACKPOT TONIGHT
The Angle Park Quadrella tonight, races 5,6,7 and 8 will have a starting Jackpot of $12,500 in the pool so it is well worth having a crack at. The TAB also have bonus bets attached to the first three races on tonight’s program.
2024 GAWLER PRODUCE STAKES - NOMINATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW (FRIDAY 24TH NOVEMBER)
The 2024 Gawler Produce Stakes will be run by GRSA in conjunction with the Gawler Greyhound Racing Club. Once again we will offer guaranteed Final stakemoney of $22,000. The estimate for the total series prizemoney is $40,000, based on this years series. The series is for greyhounds whelped in 2022.
In 2024 we will again be offering additional incentives for trainers to nominate. A bonus will be offered to any greyhound which can win both the Produce Stake and the Gawler Gold Cup.
The jackpot has increased from $11,000 to $12,000 as Could Be King missed out on winning the Gawler Gold Cup this year after running eighth in his Heat and not qualifying for the Final. The SA Bred bonus will also be continued; should the winner of the Final be SA Bred, there will be an SA Bred bonus of $1,000 to the owner and $500 to the breeder. The series will be in June with the Final on Sunday, 23rd June 2024. (Pending alterations) GRSA administers the event for the Club, so all payments are to be made to GRSA. The fees are, one-off payment option $121.00 or the sustaining option of $33 (first), $55 (second) and $88 (Final). Nomination Forms are available, along with the full list of conditions and the payment schedule.
* Nominations for the 2024 Gawler Produce will close tomorrow (Friday, 24th November) with GRSA.
KURT DONSBERG ON THURSDAY NIGHTS THIS MONTH AT ANGLE PARK
GRSA advise that our oncourse photographer Kurt Donsberg will be taking a break this month from his current contract of meetings, however, he will continue to attend the Angle Park Thursday nights to accommodate the feature events at that venue. GRSA is currently working through options at the other venues to accommodate Kurt not attending where possible. As previously advised if there is no oncourse photographer at the meeting then please liaise with the stewards if you wish to take a photo after the race event.
NEXT LOW GRADE SERIES AT ANGLE PARK
The next Low Grade Feature Series at Angle Park will be a Grade 5 Masters series over the 530m with
$3,855 Heats on Thursday, 30th November and the $5,535 Final on Thursday, 7th December.
Nominations for the Heats close Monday, 27th November at 9.00am
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, they will also take the naming right 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
$1,000 bonus for the trainer of each Final if they are a member of the MBGRC.
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 l51 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)
$1,000 bonus for the trainer of each Final if they are a member of the club (full paying trainer)
Nominations for Heats close with GRSA at 9.00am on Wednesday, 29th November
MURRAY BRIDGE ANNIVERSARY CUP ON SUNDAY 10TH DECEMBER
On Sunday, 10th December the $4,000 Murray Bridge Anniversary Cup will be run over the 530m. Nominations close with GRSA at 9.00am on Wednesday, 6th December.
CHRISTMAS CUP/BORDER CHALLENGE (MOUNT GAMBIER V WARRNAMBOOL) IN DECEMBER
This year due to programming of feature events the Mount Gambier Greyhound Racing Club will use the Williams Crane Hire Christmas Cup series to select the representatives for the Border Challenge (Mt Gambier V Warrnambool).
Mount Gambier will run the Christmas Cup series as normal for Open greyhounds over the 512m with Heats worth $2,500 on Sunday, 10th December and the $4,500 Final on Sunday, 17th December.
Within the Christmas Cup series and subject to the Border Challenge criteria, the first four past the post in the Christmas Cup Final on December 17 will also be Mount Gambier’s first choices to represent the Club in the Warrnambool V Mount Gambier Border Challenge at Warrnambool on Thursday, December 21 worth $5,800. If any of the first four past the post are not eligible the next placings will be considered and then an invitation from the Club to ensure there are four representatives.
Nominations for the Heats of the Christmas Cup close with GRSA at 9.00am on Tuesday, 5th December
BORDER CHALLENGE CONDITIONS FOR MOUNT GAMBIER:
Trainer must have had starters at 15 Mount Gambier meetings in the past 12 months. Trainer must have trained the greyhound nominated for the previous three months. Greyhound must have started at least four times in the past 12 months at Tara Raceway. Warrnambool V Mount Gambier (Warrnambool 450m, Thursday, December 21).
ANGLE PARK TRIALS ON SUNDAY 10TH DECEMBER
Again we have swapped our Saturday with Queensland to the following week to accommodate the Festival Of Fire series. The trials will remain at Angle Park on Sunday, 10th December due to rostering availability even though we will not race on the Saturday morning.
NO TRIALS ON BOXING DAY AT ANGLE PARK ON TUESDAY NIGHT
This year Xmas day falls on Monday 25th December with Tuesday 26th December being Boxing Day. There will be no trials on Xmas Day and due to critical staff being unavailable on the Tuesday there will be NO trials at Angle Park on Tuesday night.
GOTBA COURSING AWARDS NIGHT - MOVED TO 7TH DECEMBER
GOTBA were going to present their Annual Awards at Angle Park last week, however this has now been moved to Thursday, 7th December.
To be presented at the dais will be the SA Coursing Trainer of the Year and SA Coursing Greyhound of the Year.
We will also look to run a Free For All event for greyhounds which competed at Virginia during 2023. The race is supported by GOTBA and carries prizemoney of $5,535.
Nominations for this event close with GRSA at 9.00am on Monday, 4th December
TRIAL BOOKER TO INCORPORATE GAWLER THURSDAY TRIALS FROM 7TH DECEMBER
As previously advised GRSA has been working with the Gawler GRC and staff to transition the Gawler trial booking process to on line, like Angle Park and Murray Bridge for their Monday and Thursday morning sessions.
After consultation at the ICG meeting this will have to be implemented to accommodate certain trialling requirements. GRSA will increase the number of bookings for each Gawler session from 4 to 6 trials per trainer. This is to assist trainers with your greyhounds which trial one after another.
To initiate Gawler online we will start with Thursdays first which will start with the session on Thursday, 7th December. Bookings will close 3pm the day prior (Wednesday, 6th December). GRSA administration staff will oversee the bookings as normal.
Once implemented we will turn our attention to the Monday trial session which will require our race day and offsite staff to manage.
FESTIVAL OF FIRE TO HEAT UP ANGLE PARK IN DECEMBER
GRSA will continue to support local participants in December when the Festival of Fire series of races are conducted. GRSA is thrilled to conduct for the third year, the Festival of Fire series, our newest and most exciting fortnight on the South Australian greyhound racing calendar.
The “Festival Of Fire, series will provide opportunities for the best 48 nominations for the 530m trip, the best 16 nominations over 595m, and the best 8 nominations for a 730m event. There will be heats and final of a restricted event (0-5 wins), running from Saturday morning to Thursday night which will provide a separate opportunity for that category of runner. Again this year there will be a 530m Time Graded event for those greyhounds that rate towards the end of the Time Grading table.
The Festival of Fire is an end of year celebration for the local industry, which provides fantastic opportunities across the entire spectrum of racing classes, across all three distances at Angle Park, the home of SA greyhound racing.
The Festival of Fire series will commence on the racenight of Thursday December 14, continue into the Saturday morning timeslot (December 16) and then culminate in 5 finals and a special stayers event carrying a collective purse in excess of $100,000 the following Thursday night (December 21).
Conditions –
• Greyhounds must be SA trained.
• Greyhounds must be in South Australia as of midnight 1st November 2023 to be eligible (greyhounds that have not had their first training amendment lodged that are in SA at this time will be eligible). For those greyhounds that have left the state prior to this date however are considered SA based on the Nationals criteria of 76 days out of 150 days prior to close of nominations for each event will be eligible.
• All races will be Non Penalty
THURSDAY 14TH DECEMBER
THE ASHES (530M) – Best 16 Nominated – Selected By The GRSA Grader – No Reserves – Maidens Ineligible – Maximum Of Two Heats – Guarding Applies For Heats
Heats Thursday 14th December (Open City A Prizemoney)– Final Thursday 21st December (1st $20,000, 2nd 5,800, 3rd 2,900)
THE INFERNO (530M) – For Those Greyhounds Not Selected For The Ashes And Not Selected For The Flame. Best 32 Nominated On Time Rating With Reserves – Maidens Are Ineligible – Maximum of Four Heats - Selection Of Heats Will Be Guarded And Separated Under Normal Heat And Final Rules. If Same Time Rating Most Race Wins Go In And Then Most Prizemoney Go In And Then By Graders Discretion).
Heats Thursday 14th December (Grade 5 City A Prizemoney)– Final Thursday 21st December (1st $12,500, 2nd 3,650, 3rd 1,825)
THE FLAME (530M) – Lowest Ranked 32 Nominated On Time Rating – With Reserves - Maidens Are Ineligible – Maximum Four Heats Guarding Applies. Selection Of Heats Will Be Guarded And Separated Under Normal Heat And Final Rules. If Same Time Rating Greyhounds With The Least Race Wins Go In Then The Least Amount Of Prizemoney Go In And Then By Graders Discretion. Greyhounds Must Have Had Atleast One Race Start Over 455m Or Further In The Last 3 Months Prior To Close Of Nominations To Be Eligible.
Heats Thursday 14th December (Grade 6 City A Prizemoney) – Final Thursday 21st December (1st $10,000, 2nd 2,900, 3rd 1,450)
*Reserves may be the same for Inferno and Flame, preference if a scratching will be given to Inferno series. The Grader reserves the right to formulate the Reserves as required with the view to providing opportunities for all greyhounds where possible.
THE BONFIRE (595M) – Best 16 Nominated – Selected By The GRSA Grader – With Reserves – Maidens Ineligible – Maximum Of Two Heats – Guarding Applies For Heats
Heats Thursday 14th December (Open City A Prizemoney) – Final Thursday 21st December (1st $15,000, 2nd 4,400, 3rd 2,200)
Remaining events determined by nominations received for other events.
*If All Heats Are Taken Then GRSA Will Allow Any 730m Greyhound Nominated For This Night To Solo Trial In Preparation For The Blaze On Thursday 21st December however GRSA will also program a Stayers event at Angle Park on Saturday.
SATURDAY 16TH DECEMBER
THE SPARK (530M) – Best 64 Nominated (0-5 Wins Only) – Selected By The GRSA Grader With Reserves – Maidens Are Eligible – Maximum of Eight Heats – Guarding Of Heats Apply (Greyhounds Are Not Eligible If Have A Race Start On Thursday 14th December).
Heats Saturday 16th December (Open City B Prizemoney) – Final Thursday 21st December (1st $10,000, 2nd 2,900, 3rd 1,450)
Remaining events determined by nominations received for other events.
THURSDAY 21st DECEMBER
THE BLAZE (730M) – Open Event– Selected By The GRSA Grader – With Reserves – Maidens Ineligible
Thursday 21st December – Best 8 (1st $10,000, 2nd 2,900, 3rd 1,450, Unplaced $400)
Finals – The Ashes, The Inferno, The Bonfire, The Flame and The Spark
Remaining events determined by nominations received for other events.
GRSA reserves the right to vary conditions of heats as required based on nominations