Angle Park Preview - 6th April 2023
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
We have another big night of racing here at headquarters with a strong 12-event program that features the 2023 EASTAR Match Race series event (Race 3), this certainly is a highlight of the evening. We also have the Final of the Easter Cup over the 595M (Race 8) with over $5,000 to the winner. As always all races are Trifecta and First Four events so happy punting and drive safely over the long weekend.
Race 1 - 4.5.1.2
Race 2 - 2.1.4.8
Race 3 - 1.2.3.6
Race 4 - 8.6.2.1
Race 5 - 1.3.4.5
Race 6 - 2.4.8.1
Race 7 - 6.2.7.3
Race 8 - 5.1.6.3
Race 9 - 1.2.4.7
Race 10 - 1.4.2.8
Race 11 - 2.8.4.3
Race 12 - 7.3.4.8
Best Bets
Race 5, NO. 1 - Spring High Low
Race 6, NO. 2 - Federal Outlaw
Best Each Way
Race 7, NO. 2 - Alvin Rose
Best First Four
Race 8 - 1.3.5.6 Boxed
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next week's Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$2,650 Heats Open Maiden Feature – 530m ($5,535 Final 20/4/23)
$3,855 Angle Park City B to Angle Park City A Grade 5 N/P Final – 530m (Heats Angle Park 10/4/23. N/P. Must have no offences at either track)
$3,505 Special event Grade 5 (worst to best) – 530m (One 8-dog field will be graded from the Weighted Points Score table of the 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 6 – 595m
$3,705 SA Bred Grade 6 – 530m
$6,015 Special Event N/P-595m (grade 5 or higher.G5 must advise if do not want a start)
$6,790 Open – 730m
Nominations close Tuesday 11th April with GRSA at 9.00 am.
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 4,1,7,8
Race 2: 1,2,4,6
Race 3: 2,6,1,7
Race 4: 8,2,6,1
Race 5: 1,3,5,4
Race 6: 2,8,4,7
Race 7: 3,1,6,7
Race 8: 2,1,3,5
Race 9: 1,2,7,9
Race 10: 1,4,8,2
Race 11: 4,8,2,3
Race 12: 3,7,8,2
Best Bets: Race 3, No. 2 - Molly Irish
Best Bets: Race 12, No. 3 - Agent Nine Nine
Eachway: Race 8, No. 2 - Aston Arena
LOCAL NEWS
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***Please be advised that Nominations for Angle Park Thursday (13/4), Mt Gambier Thursday (13/4) and Murray Bridge Friday (14/4) all close at 9 am with GRSA on Tuesday 11th April
THE 2023 EASTAR MATCH RACE SERIES TONIGHT
Tonight’s Eastar Match Race Series sees the fastest local greyhounds will do battle in one on one racing which should get the Easter crowd excited. GRSA would like to thank the support of the local owners and trainers for this series. TAB and Sky Racing have also been very supportive of this series. TAB has markets open on Head-to-Head winners and the Overall winner available with matches 1 & 3 on Sky 1 and Matches 2 & 4 on Sky 2. Oncourse tonight there will be an Eastar theme with bibs for the handlers and greyhounds will have specially designed race rugs in Easter patterns with their names on the rugs which connections will keep. GRSA will show live footage of the greyhounds inside the boxes as they get ready to race and just after the start which will be very exciting.
The Eastar Match Race series is race 3 on the program tonight with the first Match listed to jump at 6.58 pm (SA time).
Race 3 @ 6.58pm
1. Could Be King – Ben Rawlings
2. Molly Irish – Rob Harnas
3. Miss Scallywag – Tony Rasmussen
4. Victa Speed – Tony Rasmussen
5. Springvale Max – Gavin Harris
6. Ravers Army – Tim Aloisi
7. Springvale Roxy – Mike Giniotis
8. Queen Of Scotch – Tony Rasmussen
9. Springvale Maddi – SCR
10. Victa Kurt – SCR
Matches will be (1-4) will be -
1. Could Be King v Molly Irish (@6.58pm-$3,000 $500)
2. Miss Scallywag v Victa Speed (@7.07pm-$3,500, $500)
3. Springvale Max v Ravers Army (@7.19pm-$4,500, $500)
4. Springvale Roxy v Queen Of Scotch (@7.27pm-$4,000, $500)
Overall Eastar winner (based on overall times) will be $6,000, the second $2,500, third $1,500.
EASTER CUP FINAL TONIGHT
There were two great heats of the Mixed Easter Cup over 595m conducted last week at Angle Park with Yarramundi Paul (34.36) and Machismo (34.52) successful. The $7,750 Final tonight looks like an exciting affair and one race not to be missed. Tonight’s feature will be race 8 due to start at 8.58 pm (SA time)
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
Please be mindful that our 12 races program kicks off a touch earlier at 6.19 pm with the last at 10.20 pm.
SATURDAY MORNING TRIAL SESSION AT ANGLE PARK THIS WEEKEND
Please be advised GRSA has been able secure staff to conduct a special trial session this Saturday morning at Angle Park over the Easter weekend. Bookings as normal for this session. There are no other trials on public holidays.
EASTER SUNDAY AT GAWLER
Easter racing goes to Gawler on Sunday night with the Gawler Future Stars Final featuring promising and highly credentialed greyhounds taking centre stage. The $3,500 Future Stars Final will feature last Friday's impressive heat winners Oh Louise (30.73) and Elegant Bix (30.61) doing battle with the likes of Coorong Cam, Time After Time and See My Future. It will be race 6 on a 12-event card of racing due to start at 6.46 pm (SA time).
Also on the program will be the $5,000 Gawler Easter Sprint over the 531m which features the likes of Razzle Darryl, Springvale Roxy, Basil Brush Rose and My Mum’s Value. This will be race 8 on the program due to start at 7.30 pm.
It's set to be a great night of racing with the first race at 5.15 pm and the last of 12 at 8.40 pm.
VICTA ALBY AT SANDOWN TONIGHT IN THE LAUNCHING PAD FINAL
After running second in his semi-final last week Victa Alby has progressed through to the $150,000 to the winner Launching Pad final at Sandown for local trainer Tony Rasmussen. It is race 8 on the program due to start at 8.13 pm and he has drawn box 6. Also joining him in the final is SA-owned Dragon Inn owned by Jake Saviglia out of the 1 box.
LOCALLY OWNED AND BRED BOBBY AXELROD IN GROUP 2 BALLARAT CUP FINAL ON FRIDAY
Locally owned by Dillon Robinson and Jason Dolan and bred by Jason, Bobby Axelrod has qualified for the Group 2 final of the Ballarat Cup on Friday night. Trained and raced in Victoria for the last 3 months in the care of Jess Hopkins he won his way through with a terrific win in the heats. He has drawn box 2 in the final which is race 8 on the program due to start at 6.20 pm SA time.
We wish you all the best of luck.
'JOIN IN THE CHASE' PARTICIPATION SEMINAR - MT GAMBIER SUNDAY APRIL 30
If you are interested in getting involved in greyhound racing but not sure where to start, this seminar is for you! The Mount Gambier Greyhound Racing Club are looking to help locals get their ‘paw-in-the-door’ of our exciting sport with our participation seminar featuring interviews with local trainers and owners.
Tara Raceway - Lake Terrace East, Mount Gambier
Seminar from 2:30 to 3:30 pm | FREE
Come along early and enjoy the day racing prior from 11:30 am
The Club and GRSA will provide more details in the coming weeks.
GRADING REVIEW PANEL MEETING – FRIDAY APRIL 21ST
The next Grading Review Panel meeting will be held on Friday 21st April with an agenda to be sent out to the panel in the coming weeks.
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 first fortnightly opportunity will be Wednesday 12th April.
DAYLIGHT SAVING – MURRAY BRIDGE TRIALS
This a reminder to ALL participants that daylight saving started last weekend so please be sure to check kennel times and start times of events to ensure nothing is missed.
As it's Non-Daylight saving the Murray Bridge trials on Wednesdays have reverted to a 4:30 pm start.
NOMINATION TIME CHANGES DURING THE EASTER PERIOD
GRSA encourages all trainers to keep up to date with any nomination time and day changes for our race meetings during this Easter period by checking the April All Tracks calendar available on the GRSA website.
Nominations times through this period are –
Thursday 13th April – Mt Gambier – Nominations close at 9 am Tuesday 11th April
Thursday 13th April – Angle Park – Nominations close at 9 am Tuesday 11th April
Friday 14th April – Murray Bridge – Nominations close at 9 am Tuesday 11th April
Saturday 15th April – Angle Park – Nominations close at 9 am Wednesday 12th April
Sunday 16th April – Mt Gambier – Nominations close at 9 am Wednesday 12th April
Sunday 16th April – Gawler – Nominations close at 9 am Thursday 13th April
Monday 17th April – Angle Park – Nominations close at 9 am Thursday 13th April
Tuesday 18th April – Murray Bridge – Nominations close at 9 am Friday 14th April
Wednesday 19th April – Gawler – Nominations close at 9 am Friday 14th April
LOW-GRADE RACE FOR THURSDAY AT ANGLE PARK
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 encourage those trainers who have 500m+ greyhounds but feel they cannot compete on a normal Thursday night due to their 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 the Grade 5 pool of greyhounds worst to best grading. No guarding and no reserves. Trainers cannot nominate for this event specifically. Non-Penalty)
The first race is programmed on Thursday, 13th April.
LOW-GRADE FEATURE SERIES AT ANGLE PARK
The next Low-Grade Feature Series at Angle Park will be an Open Maiden over the 530m with $2,650 Heats on Thursday, 13th April and the $5,535 Final on Thursday, 20th April.
• Nominations for the Heats close Tuesday, 11th April at 9.00 am.
SA ANNIVERSARY CUP IN APRIL
The $5,535 Heats of the SA Anniversary Cup will be run over 530m on Thursday, 20th April. The $14,275 Final will be run on Thursday, 27th of April.
• Nominations for the Heats close on Monday, 17th April at 9.00 am with GRSA
SA DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIP IN APRIL
The $6,790 Heats of the SA Distance Championship will be run over 730m on Thursday, 20th April. The $15,250 Final will be run on Thursday, 27th of April.
• Nominations for the Heats close on Monday, 17th April at 9.00 am with GRSA
BREEDERS 2023 PRELUDE (2) HEATS ON 24TH APRIL
$2,200 Heats of Prelude (2) for Breeders 2023 will be run on Monday, 24th April at Angle Park.
The series is for all greyhounds eligible for Breeders 2023 with the $4,500 Final to be run on Monday, 1st May.
• Nominations for the Heats close Thursday, 20th April with GRSA at 9.00 am