Angle Park Preview - 7th September
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
We have a terrific night ahead of here tonight at headquarters, with two Heats of the 2023 SA Oaks (races 2 and 3) followed up with two Heats of the SA 2023 SA Derby (races 5 and 6), with several interstate trainers crossing the border it makes for interesting racing.
Tips for this evening
Race 1 3,1,2,7
Race 2 1,2,6,4
Race 3 4,7,8,3
Race 4 1,2,4,8
Race 5 6,3,2,4
Race 6 3,4,2,7
Race 7 1,2,7,4
Race 8 1,2,3,4
Race 9 1,2,3,7
Race 10 3,5,7
Race 11 1,3,8,2
Race 12 1,4,7,8
Best Bets
Race 1 No 3 - Finniss Jewel
Race 7 No 1 - Springvale Max
Race 9 No 1 - Basil Brush Rose
Best Each way
Race 11 NO 8 Classy Operator
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s wonderful night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections –
Race 1 - 3,7,6,1
Race 2 – 6,1,2,4
Race 3 – 4,7,8,3
Race 4 – 1,8,2,4
Race 5 – 2,6,3,4
Race 6 – 3,4,5,7
Race 7 – 1,7,2,4
Race 8 – 1,7,3,2
Race 9 – 1,7,3,2
Race 10 – 3,5,7
Race 11 – 2,3,1,8
Race 12 – 5,4,7,1
Best Bets: Race 2 No 6 Wynburn Honey
Best Bets: Race 9 No 1 Basil Brush Rose
Eachway Bets: Race 12 No 5 Krasna
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 –
$35,000 Final SA Derby – 530m – Group 3 (Heats 7/9/23)
$35,000 Final Coffex Coffee Oaks – 530m – Group 3 (Heats 7/9/23)
$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)
$3,505 Heats AGRC Grade 6– 530m ($3,855 Final 21/9/23. AGRC sponsors with $500 to owner & $500 to trainer if winner of Final is AGRC Member)
$2,650 Open Maiden – 530m
$6,015 Special Event N/P-595m (all greyhounds considered.G5 must advise if do not want a start)
$3,855 Murray Bridge to Angle Park Mixed 5/6 N/P Final – 530m (Heats Murray Bridge 10/9/23. N/P. Must have no offences at either track)
$4,055 SA Owned Grade 5 – 530m
$6,790 Open – 730m
Nominations close Monday 11th September with GRSA at 9.00am.
LOCAL NEWS
GROUP 3 SA OAKS AND SA DERBY HEATS TONIGHT
The Group 3 SA Oaks and SA Derby Heats will be run tonight at headquarters for greyhounds whelped on or after 1st June 2021 (27 months).
There are two heats of the SA Oaks (races 2 & 3) which include leading interstate contenders Weblec Jewel and Wynburn Honey against locals Zipping Mahalia and Senna Wick in heat 1. In heat 2, Victorians Mepunga Surprise and Purified look hard to beat against locals Fast Headache and Where’s Poppy.
The first four placegetters from each heat will progress through to next weeks Group 3 final on Thursday 14th September ($25,000 to the winner). The box draw will take place oncourse after the running of race 4 tonight.
Races 6 and 7 are the SA Derby heats and feature some of the best young sprinters in the land. In heat 1 Victorians Simply Stylish, Weblec Wolf and Schillaci look to the key to the race however local Footrot Fender which look out the Champion Puppy and speedy Who Knows Darren will carry the flag for SA. Heat 2 will see highly credentialed Victorian Mepunga Smokey start an odds on favourite just ahead of fellow interstater Aston Costello while Buzz The Hustler looks the best of the locals.
The first four placegetters from each heat will also progress through to next weeks Group 3 final on Thursday 14th September ($25,000 to the winner). The box draw will take place oncourse after the running of race 7 tonight.
DOLLY DUTTON SOLO TRIALLING TONIGHT AT ANGLE PARK
Queensland sprinter Dolly Dutton for trainer Andrew Monaghan will trial tonight in between races in preparation of our upcoming feature events which includes the SA V Allstar Match Race series and the Group 1 TAB Adelaide Cup.
She is a recent winner of the Publican’s Cup at Albion Park on the back of three successive wins and took out the Group 3 Young Guns in May. She boasts the impressive record of 12 wins and 3 placings from 20 starts and prizemoney in excess of $83,000 with her best at Albion Park of 29.76 over the 520m.
GOTBA COURSING – OAKS, DERBY AND WATERLOO CUP THIS MONTH
The GOTBA have a Prelude for the Oaks and Derby this Sunday with the Oaks, Derby and Waterloo Cup run on Sunday, 24th September.
Dates for GOTBA Coursing at Virginia until the end of the season are listed below.
Sunday September 10
Sunday September 24
Sunday October 8
Please be mindful of the policy change from last year for events at Coursing.
“ For any GOTBA Coursing meetings programmed , effective immediately all Coursing events will be conducted and completed as programmed, there will not be a choice as to whether to run or not. The only time that a race will be declared a No Course is if there is a mechanical or other defect that may prevent a race from being completed in the opinion of the stewards at their discretion, supported by the rules of racing”
ADELAIDE GREYHOUND RACING CLUB FEATURE RACES WITH MEMBER BENEFITS
The AGRC have sponsored another event this month, as they did earlier in the year, that provides benefits to members. The event will be –
Thursday, 14th September – AGRC Heats $3,505 Grade 6 Series – 530m
Thursday, 21st September – AGRC Final $3,855 Grade 6 Series – 530m (AGRC sponsors with $500 to owner and $500 to trainer if winner of Final is AGRC Member)
Nominations close Monday, 11th September at 9am with GRSA
NEXT ICG MEETING FRIDAY WEEK
The next meeting of the Industry Consultative Group will be held on Friday 15th September to be held in the offices of GRSA.
LOW GRADE SERIES AT ANGLE PARK
The next Low Grade Feature Series at Angle Park will be a Restricted (0-8 Wins) series over the 595m with $4,210 Heats on Thursday, 21st September and the $5,535 Final on Thursday, 28th September.
• Nominations for the Heats close Monday, 18th September at 9.00am.
2023 SA COUNTRY CUP CONDITIONS
Below are details of how and where greyhounds can qualify for the $7,500 SA Country Cup Final, to be run at Angle Park over 530 metres on Adelaide Cup G-SIX Final night Friday 6th October 2023.
Conditions
• All South Australian Greyhound Racing Clubs outside of Angle Park will conduct heats, or nominate greyhounds from which the Greyhound Racing SA Grading Department will choose two representatives. These meetings are Gawler Provincial 1 & 2, Murray Bridge One Turn Provincial 1 and Mount Gambier Provincial 1 & 2.
• The event is open to all South Australian greyhounds that are not above Grade 5 at Angle Park (APK City A meeting only) over 530 metres at the time of nomination. This condition is not applicable to the Mt Gambier representatives. Winner of each event takes a penalty including the final.
Special Exceptions:
Mount Gambier Club is allowed to include non-South Australian trainers under strict conditions:
1. The Interstate trainer has had starters at 10 meetings for Mt Gambier in the previous 12 months.
2. The Interstate trainer must have trained the greyhound nominated for the previous 2 months.
• Graders’ discretion will be used to determine the best nominated.
• The greyhound must be SA trained (except Mount Gambier as above).
o A South Australian trained greyhound is defined as one that has been racing in SA for a period of not less than 2 out of the 6 months immediately prior to the time of nomination.
• The greyhound must have started at least 2 times in the last 12 months at the track it is attempting to represent.
• A greyhound can only be drawn into one of the club venues
• There will be a maximum of two heats per Club with the winners of each heat qualifying. If there is only one heat conducted then the first two placegetters will qualify.
• The two reserves will be determined firstly by a ballot of the second placegetters from all heats. The third placegetters will then be considered by ballot if required. If a heat was not conducted at the track, then that track is not included in the ballot. Should a greyhound be withdrawn prior to the ballot, the next placed greyhound from that Club’s heat will be selected.
• Once a greyhound has qualified from a Qualifying Heat, it is not eligible to compete at another track in this series, unless there are insufficient nominations to fill the field.
• Once qualified for the Country Cup Final the greyhound will be ineligible for the Adelaide Cup series or any other race on this Cup Final night.
• Lead up Heats may be up to 8 greyhounds however the Final on Adelaide Cup night will be a G-SIX Final
Qualifying
Track Dist. Date of Meeting
Gawler 531m Friday 22.09.23
Mt Gambier 512m Sunday 24.09.23
Murray Bridge 530m Sunday 24.09.23
Country Cup Final Prizemoney
1st $5,000
2nd $1,250
3rd $650
Unplaced $200
2023 TAB MATCH RACE CHALLENGE – SA TAKES ON THE ALL STARS THIS MONTH
South Australia will again conduct the annual Match Race Challenge in September, to be held on Thursday, 21st September during the rich Adelaide Cup Carnival.
With the Million Dollar Chase changing AGAIN to race on top of the Group 1 Adelaide Cup this year, GRSA has kept the conditions of the series the same as last year to be “SA TAKES ON THE ALL-STARS” to ensure that the Angle Park TAB Match Race Challenge attracts the best greyhounds possible.
It will be four (4) SA greyhounds taking on the four (4) best nominated greyhounds from anywhere in Australia.
GRSA will still guarantee the winner of the TAB Match Race Challenge direct entry into the $100,000 to the winner Group 1 Adelaide Cup Final on Friday, 6th October (bypassing the Adelaide Cup Heats). The winner of the Match Race series is considered qualified for the Group 1 Adelaide Cup and will not be eligible to compete in another series.
• Nominations close at 9am on Monday, 18th September with GRSA.
• 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.
Conditions of the TAB Match Race Challenge – SA TAKES ON THE ALL-STARS:
Eligibility as to who represents South Australia or All-Stars will be based around the National Championships domiciliary clause. Greyhounds need to be trained in the State they wish to represent for 76 days out of the last 150 days prior to the date that nominations close (18th September).
The best four (4) greyhounds nominated from SA will be selected by the GRSA Grader to represent “SA’s Best”. The best four (4) greyhounds nominated from Interstate will be selected by the GRSA Grader to represent “the All-Stars”.
The Grader will use whatever information he has available to select those greyhounds including liaising with other State bodies as required. The SA Grader’s decision will be final.
Those greyhounds not selected from Interstate will be given the opportunity to solo trial or race in another event on the night.
Reserves will be declared, with one (1) from SA and one (1) from Interstate (dependant on nominations), which will replace the SA or All-Stars representative as required.
For example the SA reserve will only replace an SA scratching.
The Grader will rate the four (4) greyhounds from SA and the four (4) from Interstate in order from 1 to 4, with No.1 being the highest rated greyhound from each group. The head-to-head matches will be decided by the two No. 1 rated greyhounds competing against each other and then it will be 2 v 2, 3 v 3 and 4 v 4.
Prizemoney for each individual match will also reflect the seeding of greyhounds from 1 to 4, with the No. 1 rated greyhounds racing for the most prizemoney in the head-to-head races. However, the overall winner of the race will still be determined on actual race times run by each greyhound (to three decimal places only).
PRIZEMONEY:
Prizemoney for each pairing: • 1 v 1 – Winner $4,750, Runner Up $500 • 2 v 2 – Winner $4,500, Runner Up $500 • 3 v 3 – Winner $4,250, Runner Up $500 • 4 v 4 – Winner $4,000, Runner Up $500
Prizemoney for the overall placings for TAB Match Race Challenge (based on overall times): • 1st – $7,500 • 2nd – $2,500 • 3rd – $1,000
TAB ADELAIDE CUP TO RACE ON FRIDAY 6TH OCTOBER
Thanks to the support of Greyhound Racing Victoria, South Australia will be able to run our premier Group 1 meeting on Friday, 6th October. SA will swap our Friday Day meeting with Victoria’s night meeting so we can race in the evening. Due to programming some of the races early on the program will be on Sky 2, however, our Group 1 Adelaide Cup and feature races will be on Sky 1 with the Cup to be run slightly later than normal to accommodate Sky Racing scheduling.
Murray Bridge will race on the Thursday night before the Cup (5th October) retaining our normal night time Sky 1 slot. In past years this meeting was run in the twilight on Sky 2.
GRSA is very appreciative of GRV for assisting with this scheduling change which would not have happened without their support.
2023 GROUP 1 TAB ADELAIDE CUP CONDITIONS
TAB Adelaide Cup Race Dates:
Thursday, 28th September: TAB Adelaide Cup Open Heats up to 8 @ $14,275 each
Friday, 6th October: TAB Adelaide Cup Final @ $145,250 ($100,000 to the winner)
TAB Adelaide Cup Consolation @ $14,275
• Nominations: TAB Adelaide Cup Heats close Monday, 25th September with GRSA at 9.00am.
Nominations can be made online, please specify Adelaide Cup or on a Multi Nomination Form.
The overall winner of the SA Match Race (SA V Allstars) series will be guaranteed a spot in the Group 1 Adelaide Cup on Friday, 6th October. This greyhound will not be eligible to compete in the Heats on Thursday, 28th September.
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.
DUAL LURE TO BE TRIALLED AT ANGLE PARK THIS TUESDAY NIGHT
As advised in this months Kennel Capers, a dual lure will be trialled at Angle Park on Tuesday nights 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
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 and also that they will take the naming rights 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 $1000 bonus for the trainer of each final if they are a member of the MBGRC.
Conditions for the series are below -
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 1st 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)
• $1000 bonus for the trainer of each final if they are a member of the club (full paying trainer)