Angle Park Preview - 25th May 2023
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
The highlights of tonight’s racing are four heats of the 2023 Shane McQueen over the 595M (races 4 through to 7), they all look pretty even so it will make for a very good final the following week . Off course, the feature event of the evening, race 8 the final of the 2023 Howard Ashton over the 530m with $25,000 going to the winner. The Rasmussen camp have qualified 7 of the 8 starters with Tim Richards with the other. The champ Victa Damian has come up with poll position (box 1) and is the one to beat again but his kennel mates can cause a upset.
Race 1 - 2,1,8,4
Race 2 - 1,7,5,2
Race 3 - 5,2,1,4
Race 4 - 5,7,2,8
Race 5 - 5,1,8,2
Race 6 - 1,5,4,2
Race 7 - 2,7,5,4
Race 8 - 1,2,4,6
Race 9 - 7,1,5,8
Race 10 - 5,4,7,1
Race 11 - 6,1,2,4
Race 12 - 1.4.2.6
Best Bets
Race 6 No 1 - Fantastic Dixie
Race 11 No 6 - It’s Smudgy
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, 7th June.
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next weeks Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$14,275 Shane McQueen Final – 595m (Best greyhounds nominated. Heats 25/5/23)
$3,505 Fastest Forward (1-4 Wins) Final – 530m (Heats Saturday 27/5/23. 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 Grade 5 Dogs only – 530m
$2,650 Maiden – 530m
$3,505 Juvenile – 530m
$6,790 Free For All – 730m
Nominations close Monday 29th 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 -7,4,2,8
Race 2 - 1,5,7,2
Race 3 - 2,4,5,7
Race 4 - 5,4,7,8
Race 5 - 5,2,1,8
Race 6- 1,4,8,5
Race 7 - 4,2,7,8
Race 8 - 1,2,6,3
Race 9 - 8,7,5,1
Race 10 - 5,7,4,2
Race 11 - 1,4,6,2
Race 12 - 1,2,6,8
Best Bets: Race 6, No. 1 Fantastic Dixie
Best Bets: Race 12, No. 1 Reality Infrared
Eachway: Race 1, No. 7 Going Undercover
LOCAL NEWS
“STOP PRESS”
ANGLE PARK DAY TUESDAY 30th MAY EXTENDED &
GAWLER DAY WEDNESDAY 31st MAY
NOMINATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW (FRIDAY 26th MAY)
2023 GROUP 3 HOWARD ASHTON FINAL TONIGHT
After two wonderful semi finals of the Group 3 Howard Ashton last Thursday night with semi final winners being Victa Damian (30.04) and Victa Marli (30.83.) We now have a wonderful final to look forward to tonight with the winner collecting $26,000.
$37,500 2023 Group 3 Howard Ashton Final over 530m – Race 8 @ 9.04pm -
1. Victa Damian Lisa Rasmussen
2. Victa Marli Tony Rasmussen
3. Victa Speed Tony Rasmussen
4. Victa Alby Tony Rasmussen
5. Victa Tony Tony Rasmussen
6. Live It Tony Rasmussen
7. Victa Tara Tony Rasmussen
8. Coorong Cam Tim Richards
9. Time After Time (1st Res) SCR
10. Victa Kerle (2nd Res) SCR
SHANE MCQUEEN HEATS TONIGHT
We have four super heats of the Shane McQueen Feature to be run over the 595m tonight. They are races 4,5,6 and 7 tonight with each race having strong contenders. Heat 1 features the clash of last start winners Air Outlaw and Ravers Army while in heat 2 Miss Scallywag, Razzle Darryl and Springvale Maddi match up. Heat 3 features Fantastic Dixie against Springvale Max and Spring Agatha while the final heat has, He’s All Purpose, Fantastic Luna and Could Be King all with strong hopes of qualifying.
The $14,275 Final will be held next Thursday night, 1st June with the first two greyhounds from each heat qualifying for the final. The box draw will be conducted oncourse after race 9 tonight.
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, 1st June.
• Nominations for the Heats close Monday, 29th 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.
MURRAY BRIDGE TRIALLING IN THE COMING WEEKS
GRSA advise that due to some staffing issues the normal trialling schedule for Murray Bridge will be affected in the coming weeks.
• Wednesday 31st May – GRSA is working on getting available staff to manage this trial session however it would be in some doubt which GRSA will notify once confirmed one way or the other.
• Monday 12th June (Public Holiday) due to staff unavailability there will be no trials at Murray Bridge. (Gawler will be able to trial on this day as GRSA has available staff)
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.
Delete – Tuesday 30th May 2023 - Murray Bridge Straight Track
Add – Tuesday 30th May 2023 – Angle Park
Delete – Sunday 4th June 2023 - Murray Bridge
Add – Sunday 4th June 2023 – Gawler
2023 GAWLER PRODUCE STAKES HEATS IN JUNE
A reminder to all trainers with greyhounds paid up for the Gawler Produce Stake that the $2,200 Heats will be run on Friday, 9th June. The $3,000 Semis are listed for Sunday, 18th June and the Final will be held on Sunday, 25th June.
The Final is guaranteed at $22,000 and Consolation at $3,000.
*Nominations for the Heats close on Tuesday, 6th June with GRSA at 9.00am.*
The winner of the 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.
BAYROAD QUEEN STAYERS HEATS IN JUNE
The $6,790 Heats of the Bayroad Queen Stayer’s Cup will be run over 730m on Thursday, 15th June . The $14,275 Final will be run on Thursday, 22nd June .
• Nominations close on Monday, 12th June at 9.00am with GRSA
CLASSIC AND BREEDERS FUTURITY PAYMENTS
Owners of SA Bred greyhounds are reminded that the next batch of Futurity payments are due on Friday, 16th June 2023.
The payments due are:
Classic 2023 – Final Payment (Pups born July 21 to December 21) This payment is for greyhounds for which the Second Sustaining Payment was made last December. The Final Payment is $121 per greyhound.
Breeders 2024 – Second Payment (Pups born January 22 to June 22)
This payment is for greyhounds for which the First Sustaining Payment was made last December. The Second Sustaining Payment is $55 per pup or a Final Payment of $121 can be made at this stage.
Classic 2024 – First Payment (Pups born July 22 to December 22)
This First Payment is due for Classic 2024. All SA Bred greyhounds born in the above period are eligible to make this payment. The First Payment is $27.50 per pup or a “one-off” Final Payment of $121 can be made at this stage.
To assist all owners of Futurity eligible pups, reminders will be sent out over the coming days. It is perhaps a good idea to make the payment as soon as you can, so it does not slip your mind and the closing date passes. If you have sold a pup/s we would ask if you can forward on the information to the new owner. If you have not received a reminder by the end of this month and you think you should have, contact Caralyn Fielden as soon as possible.
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.
RACING AND TRIALLING FREQUENCY – STARTED 1ST FEBRUARY
GRSA has adopted a new local rule in regard to frequency of racing and trialling which took effect on Wednesday 1st February 2023. The update local rule is below -
69A Racing and trialling frequency
(1) In this rule:
Race has the same meaning given to this term in R9 of the GAR.
Trial means a satisfactory trial, or a qualifying trial as defined in R9 of the GAR.
(2) A greyhound will only be permitted to start in –
(a) No more than a combined total of 2 race and trial starts in any 7-day period; and,
(b) No more than a combined total of 7 race and trial starts in any 28-day period.
(3) This sub-rule commences on a date to be fixed by Stewards’ Notice.
The intent of this rule is to monitor and regulate the frequency of races and official trials of greyhounds, to ensure adequate rest time is given between events. The rule is similar to one in effect in Western Australia. We have automated the Ozchase Racing system to be able to monitor this rule. The rule is self-explanatory. A greyhound must not start more than 2 times (races or trials combined) in any 7-day period. Further, a greyhound must not start more than 7-times (races or trials combined) in any 28-day period.
Any attempt to nominate a greyhound outside these parameters will be flagged by the OzChase system. If a greyhound gains a start from reserve deeming it ineligible under this rule for its next engagement or it competes in another state prior to racing back in SA then the greyhound will come out.
**Racing Administration staff will scratch these greyhounds acting under this rule without notification. (the responsibility rests with the trainer to ensure they do not contravene this rule)
**For clarity if a greyhound races on Sunday, Wednesday then Sunday it will be eligible. The first day counts as day 1 and therefore resets on the Saturday.