Angle Park Preview - 30th November
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
We will need to start building the bank for the Christmas season as we head into December, I like a couple of good things on tonight’s 12 event program so it time to start having a crack at a few Trifectas and First Fours.
Race 1 1,6,2,3
Race 2 1,2,6,4
Race 3 2,4,6,8
Race 4 2,4,5,1
Race 5 6,5,7,8
Race 6 7,8,6,3
Race 7 6,1,4,8
Race 8 8,1,7,6
Race 9 4,2,6,8
Race 10 1,8,4,2
Race 11 8,2,1,4
Race 12 1,4,8,2
Best Bets
Race 4 No 2 - Maximum Smiles
Race 5 No 6 - Bandit Hazel
Best Each Way
Race 1 No 6 - Could Be King
Race 12 No 4 - Weblec Flame
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 excellent night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections -
Race 1 -6,4,2,1
Race 2 -2,8, 6,4
Race 3 -2,6,8,1
Race 4 - 2,4,1,8
Race 5 -7,6,2,8
Race 6 - 3,7,8,6
Race 7 -8,1,6,4
Race 8 -1,2,7,8
Race 9 - 2,4,6,1
Race 10 -4,2,1,5
Race 11-2,8,4,1
Race 12 -5,4,8,1
Best Bets: Race 1 No 6 Could Be King
Best Bets: Race 8 No 1 Whiskey Soda
Eachway Bets: Race 12 No 5 Miss Free Reign
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next week's Angle Park Thursday meeting features -
$5,535 GOTBA Free For All (N/P)–530m (For greyhounds who coursed during the 2023 season. Graded on circle form)
$5,535 Open – 530m
$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)
$3,855 Grade 6 – 595m
$3,505 Grade 6 Dogs Only – 530m
$2,650 Open Maiden – 530m
$6,015 – Free For All – 595m (Grade 5 dogs will be considered unless trainer advises)
$6,790 Open-730m
Nominations close Monday 4th December with GRSA at 9.00am.
FISCHER MOTORS MURRAY BRIDGE SUMMER DERBY AND OAKS HEATS THIS SUNDAY
This Sunday night at Murray Bridge we have an excellent program that features two heats of the 2023 Fischer Motors Murray Bridge Country Summer Oaks over the 455m and two heats of the 2023 Fischer Motors Murray Bridge Country Summer Derby also over the 455m.
The Oaks series are races 3 and 4 and features Nell Brown, Purified, and Zinfandel Evie in heat 1 and Fantastic Ada, Fast Headache and last Thursdays Group 3 Brian Johnstone winner Rico Nismo in heat 2.
The Derby series which are races 6 and 7 features the likes of Kia Ora Lad, Know I’m One and Victory Club in heat 1 and Blue Intensity, Hurricane Carter and Group 3 Brian Johnstone finalist Terrific Bobby in heat 2.
The first four placegetters from each heat or the Oaks and Derby will qualify for next Sundays $7,500 finals. There is also a $1,000 bonus for the trainer of each Final if they are a member of the MBGRC (full paying trainer).
Greyhound Racing SA and the Murray Bridge GRC thank the support of new sponsor Fischer Motors in sponsoring the Country Summer Oaks and Derby this year.
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.
GOTBA COURSING AWARDS NIGHT – ON NEXT THURSDAY (7TH DECEMBER)
GOTBA will have their Annual Awards at Angle Park next Thursday night, 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.
2024 GAWLER PRODUCE STAKES - NOMINATIONS EXENDED UNTIL NEXT FRIDAY 8TH DECEMBER
Participants are advised that the nominations for the 2024 Gawler Produce have been extended until Friday, 8th December. This series is open to all greyhounds whelped in 2022, irrespective of where they were bred or owned. Please contact GRSA should you require any further information regarding this series.
CLASSIC AND BREEDERS FUTURITY PAYMENTS
Owners of SA Bred greyhounds are advised that the next batch of Futurity payments are due on Friday, 15th December 2023.
The payments due are:
Breeders 2024 – Final Payment (Pups born January 22 to June 22)
This payment is for greyhounds for which the First and Second Sustaining Payments were made. The Final Payment is $121 per greyhound.
Classic 2024 – Second Payment (Pups born July 22 to December 22)
This payment is for greyhounds for which the First Sustaining Payment was made last June. The Second Sustaining Payment is $55 per pup or a Final Payment of $121 can be made at this stage.
Breeders 2025 – First Payment (Pups born January 23 to June 23)
This First Payment is due for Breeders 2025. 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 were sent out earlier this week. 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 within the next week and you think you should have, contact Caralyn Fielden as soon as possible.
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.
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.