Angle Park Preview - 24th August
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
Another strong night of racing here at headquarters, and race 8 is the one I have focused on here tonight so we can have a crack at the First Four.
Buzz The Hustler from box 1 is the top selection in a wide open affair, he has been in good form when drawn off the track in recent runs, he finds himself from box 1 here and should be able to hold the early lead if he is at his best. Footrot Fender is the danger as the youngster has won three of his four career starts all at this venue and over this trip, he has early pace and is another who will appreciate the rails draw. Ascend along with Magical Mystic round out the First Four for mine. Box Up 1.2.3.8
Race 1 - 1,2,4,5
Race 2 - 5,2,7,8
Race 3 - 4,6,1,8
Race 4 - 1,2,8,4
Race 5 - 4,1,2,5
Race 6 - 1,2,5,4
Race 7 - 2,5,8,1
Race 8 - 1,2,3,8
Race 9 - 7,8,1,2
Race 10 - 6,2,4,1
Race 11 - 2,1,4,5
Race 12 - 2,8,5,4
Best Bets
Race 7 No 2 - Springvale Roxy
Race 8 No 1 - Buzz The Hustler
Best Each Way
Race 9 No 8 - Chatting
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s wonderful night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections –
Race 1 - 1,4,5,2
Race 2 – 8,2,7,4
Race 3 – 4,6,1,2
Race 4 – 1,2,8,6
Race 5 – 5,4,2,1
Race 6 – 1,6,7,3
Race 7 – 7,8,2,1
Race 8 – 1,2,3,6
Race 9 – 7,1,2,8
Race 10 – 6,2,1,4
Race 11 – 2,4,1,5
Race 12 – 8,2,5,4
Best Bets: Race 6 No 1 Beer Coaster
Best Bets: Race 7 No 7 Agent Nine Nine
Best Bets: Race 11 No 2 Springvale Max
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.
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next week’s Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$7,500 Kings & Queens Final – 530m (For dogs & bitches whelped between 1st March 2021 and 31st May 2021. Special Conditions apply depending upon nominations. Heats 24/8/23)
$3,855 Grade 5 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 preference)
$3,505 Fastest Forward (1-4 Wins) Final – 530m (Heats Saturday 26/8/23. 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 & no reserves. Trainers cannot nom for event. N/P)
$2,650 Open Maiden – 530m
$3,505 Juvenile – 530m
$6,015 Special Event N/P-595m (all greyhounds considered.G5 must advise if do not want a start)
$6,790 Open – 730m
Nominations close Monday 28th August with GRSA at 9.00am.
KINGS AND QUEENS FEATURE HEATS TONIGHT
The Kings and Queens Feature series will be conducted tonight with two $5,535 Heats being run over the 530m journey. With four dogs and six bitches nominated we have mixed the sexes to run two heats. The first heat is race 3 @ 7.22pm and features Could Be King taking on the likes of She’s All Cheek and Finniss Jewel while race 4 is heat 2 @ 7.43pm and features Fiorano, Zambora Blaze and Pockets Watson. The race is for dogs and bitches whelped between 1st March, 2021 and 31st May, 2021. The first four from each heat will progress to a final worth 7,500 to be run on Thursday, 31st August.
The box draw will be conducted on course after the running of race 5.
CLASSIC 2023 PRELUDE (1) FINAL TONIGHT
With only seven nominations for the heats of the Classic 2023 Prelude (1), tonight’s race is conducted as a one off final worth $6,000. The series is for SA Bred greyhounds whelped July 21 to December 21 and paid up for Classic 2023 and features the likes of Buzz The Hustler, Ascend and Champion Puppy winner Footrot Fender. Tonight’s final is race 8 on the program due to start at 9.11pm.
2023 NATIONAL STRAIGHT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL AT HEALESVILLE ON SATURDAY
We will have both Federal Outlaw and Cash On Delivery represent SA in the National Championships Final at Healesville on Saturday morning. The winner will receive $28,000 and be crowned the National Champion. The event is staged between QLD, VIC, NSW and SA who all race on the Straight Track. It will be Race 10 on Saturday due to start at 10.17am (SA time).
Box Draw 2023 National Straight Track Championship Final:
1. Valhalla (QLD) - T Tzouvelis
2. Shal Not (NSW) - D Sultana
3. Unleash Collinda (Vic) - J Thompson
4. Oscar Moses (NSW) - J Magri
5. Cash On Delivery (SA) - A Griffiths
6. Federal Outlaw (SA) - B Rawlings
7. Maybe Yesterday (Vic) - A Paraskevas
8. Bye Bye Raider (QLD) -J Mchugh
9. Cybertruck (1st Res) - M Johnson
10. Quinlan Bale (2nd Res) - D Gibbons
2023 NATIONAL SPRINT & DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS AT THE MEADOWS ON SATURDAY NIGHT
Local staying star Zipping Neutron continued his winning way in the State Final of the National Distance Championship and now heads to Victoria against the best stayers in the land this Saturday night. The Distance final is race 6 on Saturday night due to start at 7.16pm (SA time).
Box Draw 2023 National Distance Championship Final:
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$85,000 to the winner Group 1 National Distance Championship 720m |
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Box |
Greyhound |
Trainer |
Price |
B/T |
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Zipping Neutron (SA) |
Tim Aloisi |
$18 |
NBT |
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Days Of Thunder (QLD) |
Warren Nicholls |
$10 |
NBT |
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Zoha Bale (VIC) |
Mark Delbridge |
$1.70 |
42.34 |
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Fast Minardi (TAS) |
Paul Hili |
$9 |
NBT |
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Palawa King (NSW) |
Jack Smith |
$2.90 |
NBT |
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Opawa Louise (NZ) |
Dan Roberts |
$101 |
NBT |
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Zipping Vanessa (NSW) |
John Finn |
$18 |
NBT |
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Ballistic Ant (WA) |
Enzo Crudeli |
$101 |
NBT |
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Moraine Suzie (VIC) (RES) |
Brendan Purcell |
$7.50 |
42.36 |
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Alfie Moon (VIC) (RES) |
Jess Hopkins |
$7.50 |
42.62 |
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Note Fixed odds shown are Sportsbet Fixed pricing on August 21st
Ravers Army for Tim Aloisi joined his kennel mate from the Distance in the Sprint State Final of the Nationals to win and qualify for the Group 1 in Victoria. He’ll will need to be at his very best on Saturday night which is race 8 on the program due to start at 7.55pm.
Box Draw 2023 National Sprint Championship Final:
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$85,000 to the winner Group 1 National Sprint Championship 520m |
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Box |
Greyhound |
Trainer |
Price |
B/T |
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Tinker Norm (VIC) |
Craig Burns |
$5.50 |
29.85 |
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Saige Tenniele (WA) |
Kody Charles |
$10 |
NBT |
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Postman Pat (VIC) |
Jason Thompson |
$1.50 |
29.60 |
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Ravers Army (SA) |
Tim Aloisi |
$81 |
NBT |
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Modern Swinger (NSW) |
Chris O’Brien |
$41 |
NBT |
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Bear’s Bullet (QLD) |
Travis Elson |
$41 |
NBT |
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Raiders Guide (TAS) |
Gary Fahey |
$31 |
NBT |
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Amron Boy (VIC) |
Brooke Ennis |
$4.40 |
29.45 |
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Aussie Rocks (VIC) (RES) |
Geoff Mitchell |
$7.50 |
29.65 |
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Zippy Tesla (VIC) (RES) |
Tom Dailly |
$8.50 |
29.60 |
Note Fixed odds shown are Sportsbet Fixed pricing on August 21st
The Group 1 National Championships will be run this Saturday, 26th August at the Meadows. Both the National Sprint and National Distance Finals will carry prizemoney of $85,000 to the winner.
SA DERBY TRIALS LAST MONDAY NIGHT
Last Monday night at Angle Park there were three greyhounds trial in preparation for the Group 3 SA Derby heats to be run on Thursday 7th September.
Simply Stylish trialled in 30.62 and Aston Costello trialled in 30.53 for Victorian trainer Vicki Wisener along with Schillaci for Jihad Talgi who trialled in 30.53. Vision of these three trials is available on the GRSA Facebook page.
• 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.
GAWLER SHOW THIS WEEKEND
The Annual Gawler Show will be held this weekend Saturday, 26th and Sunday, 27th August. As a result, racing on Sunday night, 27th August will be at Murray Bridge.
Racing tomorrow (Friday, 25th August) will be at Angle Park. Trials will be cancelled at Gawler on Monday, 28th August. At the moment trials will go ahead on Thursday, 31st August at the venue but this will be dependent upon the tidying up and track maintenance progression.
Racing will be at Murray Bridge on the One Turn track on Wednesday, 30th August to allow more time for the Show society to remove all of their activities from the Show. Racing will return to Gawler, all going well, on Friday, 1st September.
GAWLER TRACK GRADE IN LATE AUGUST
GRSA is working on a track grade and harrow for Tuesday, 29th August and maintenance on Wednesday, 30th August while the Gawler venue is out of action due to the Gawler Show.
This will be weather dependant and GRSA will provide more information shortly confirming these dates.
GOTBA COURSING DATES – OAKS, DERBY AND WATERLOO CUP NEXT MONTH
Below are the 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. Next month the GOTBA have programmed Preludes for the Oaks and Derby on Sunday, 10th September with the Oaks, Derby and Waterloo Cup run on Sunday, 24th September.
Sunday September 3 (moved from 27th August due to racing at Angle Park on Saturday, 26th August. 4 dog Maiden Heats into 8 dog Final (10/9/23))
Sunday September 10 (8 dog Maiden Final (Heats 3/9/23))
Sunday September 24
Sunday October 8
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.
RACE BOOKS ONCOURSE
Recently due to staffing shortages and other administrative priorities, GRSA has stopped producing Race Books at our venues (except for Feature meetings and Mt Gambier which produce their own book). Whilst the race books are free it takes significant editing to produce a final product, which can take a number of Administrative hours which is not available at present. In the short term all of our racing information is available online on the GRSA website or with other online wagering providers. GRSA is currently investigating options for form guides to be printed at the track, however, there has been nothing confirmed as yet.
DUAL LURE TO BE TRIALLED AT ANGLE PARK IN TRIAL SESSIONS
As advised in this months Kennel Capers, a dual lure will be trialled at Angle Park commencing on Tuesday, 29th August and will be for each Tuesday after, 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
2023 SA OAKS AND SA DERBY FEATURES IN SEPTEMBER
The Group 3 SA Oaks and SA Derby to be run in September this year will be for greyhounds whelped on or after 1st June, 2021 (27 months).
The Heats of the Oaks will be run on the same night as the Derby again this year with Heats on Thursday, 7th September and the Group 3 Finals on Thursday, 14th September.
The Dates are:
Coffex Coffee SA Oaks (Group 3): $5,535 Heats – Thursday, 7th September $35,000 Final – Thursday, 14th September
SA Derby (Group 3): $5,535 Heats – Thursday, 7th September $35,000 Final – Thursday, 14th September
• Nominations for the Heats close Monday, 4th September at 9.00am.
• Trainers are reminded of the Vaccination eligibility for racing in South Australia