Angle Park Preview - Adelaide Cup Heats - September 28th
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
We certainly have a massive night of racing here at Angle Park tonight, the highlight is the four heats of the 2023 TAB Adelaide Gold Cup (races 5 to 8) on the program. The heat winners along with the three fastest 2nds will make their way through to next week’s final on Friday the 6th of October.
My top selections for the Four Heats -
Race 5 – Amron Boy (1) - has the good draw down in box 1, he is in the Brooke Ennis kennel and should be right on the pace early.
Race 6 - Launch Code (4) - has won three of his last five back in Victoria all in quick times, another from the Ennis team and is the one to beat.
Race 7 – Big Energy (6) - very impressive when running a quick 30.13 here last week in the match race series, this will be his 3rd run at the track and will take a power of beating.
Race 8 – Transponder (7) - I liked the look of him when he carved out a more than handy 30.26 here last week, the Jason Thompson kennel doesn’t travel to SA for no reason so we will put him on top.
Race 1 - 6,2,3,1
Race 2 4,1,8,7
Race 3 1,2,3,7
Race 4 2,3,1,4
Race 5 1,6,3,8
Race 6 4,8,3,6
Race 7 6,4,1,3
Race 8 8,7,1,6
Race 9 1,2,6,4
Race 10 6,3,7,1
Race 11 5,8,1,7
Race 12 8,2,1,7
Best Bets
Race 3 No 1 - Rico Nismo
Race 4 NO 2 - Springvale Roxy
Best Each Way
Race 12 No 2 - Weblec Flame
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s excellent night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections –
Race 1 - 3,2,6,8
Race 2 – 9,1,7,2
Race 3 – 1,7,8,6
Race 4 – 3,2,4,8
Race 5 – 1,3,6,7
Race 6 – 8,4,2,7
Race 7 – 6,1,4,3
Race 8 – 7,8,4,6
Race 9 – 2,8,4,6
Race 10 – 3,6,7,1
Race 11 – 1,5,7,2
Race 12 – 2,8,1,7
Best Bets: Race 2 No 9 Tilley Swamp
Best Bets: Race 4 No 3 Fantastic Dixie
Best Bets: Race 6 No 8 Mepunga Smokey
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 FRIDAY (City A)
Next week’s Angle Park Fridaymeeting features –
$145,250 Final TAB Adelaide Cup–530m (Group 1 $100,000 to winner–Special Conditions Apply. Heats 28/9/23) (Winner of TAB Match Race Challenge (SA takes on the ALL-STARS) on 28/9/23 will be guaranteed a spot into the Group 1 Adelaide Cup Final. Bypass the Heats. Conditions apply)
$14,275 TAB Adelaide Cup Consolation – 530m (trainers must re-nominate)
$15,250 TAB Premier’s Cup – 730m (Best greyhounds nominated)
$7,500 TAB SA Country Cup Final – 530m (For greyhounds which qualified in heats at GAW, MTG, MB. 6 dog Final. Conditions apply)
$4,560 Mixed – 595m
Nominations close Tuesday 3rd October with GRSA at 9.00am.
STOP PRESS
Nominations for Gawler Wednesday, 4th October close at 9am tomorrow (Friday 29th September)
Nominations for Murray Bridge Night Thursday, 5th October will now close at 9am on Monday (2nd October) due to heats being conducted on Sunday night.
2023 GROUP 1 TAB ADELAIDE CUP HEATS TONIGHT
Four wonderful heats of the Group 1 TAB Adelaide Cup have been drawn together for tonight’s meeting at Angle Park with some of the most exciting sprinters locally and from all parts of Australia seeing who can qualify for the States only Group 1 event for the year.
The TAB Adelaide Cup Final carries total prizemoney of $145,275, with the winner to receive $100,000. With four heats each winner and the three fastest second placegetters will progress through to the Group 1 Final on Friday night, 6th October and join boom young Victorian sprinter Schillaci for trainer Jihad Talgi which qualified for the Final after winning the TAB Match Race Challenge last Thursday night in a blistering 30.04 for the 530m journey.
GRSA appreciates the support of GRV for allowing our premier night to be conducted on a Friday each year in the interests of the National Racing calendar. By GRV swapping one of their meetings the Group 1 TAB Adelaide Cup will have the opportunity to gain significant coverage to the wider community with 7 races, including all of our features being shown on Sky Racing 1.
TAB have full tote and fixed odds coverage available for the Heats tonight with our Form Analyst giving their selections earlier in the preview. TAB also have an all-in fixed odds market available for next week’s Group 1 Final with the top priced contenders listed below–
Schillaci 2.50 1.30
Amron Boy 4.00 1.60
Big Energy 5.00 1.80
Transponder 5.00 1.80
Launch Code 8.00 2.40
Mepunga Smokey 8.00 2.40
Afire 14.00 3.60
Panama Pepper 14.00 3.60
Weblec Wolf 14.00 3.60
Adhana Rico 21.00 5.00
Fiorano 21.00 5.00
Navarino 21.00 5.00
Wynburn Ruby 21.00 5.00
Crackerjack Bull 34.00 7.60
Departed 34.00 7.60
Dolly Dutton 34.00 7.60
All other greyhounds 51.00 or above (TAB odds as at 12pm 27/9/23)
The Box Draw for the Adelaide Cup Final will take place on course after the running of race 9 tonight at approximately 9.40pm (SA time) and will be LIVE streamed on Facebook.
For those greyhounds that miss out on qualifying for the Adelaide Cup Final there will be a $14,275 Consolation on the program where trainers will need to renominate to be considered.
NO TRIALS AT GAWLER ON MONDAY HOWEVER THERE WILL BE TRIALS AT MURRAY BRIDGE
GRSA advise there will be no trials at Gawler on Monday morning 2/10 (public holiday) due to staffing availability on this day however Murray Bridge will go ahead as normal.
TAB PREMIER’S CUP ON ADELAIDE CUP NIGHT
Our feature staying event on Adelaide Cup Final night is the $15,250 TAB Premier’s Cup over the 730m journey. This is an Open event for the best greyhounds nominated.
Nominations close 9.00am Tuesday, 3rd October with GRSA.
GREYHOUND RACING SOUTH AUSTRALIA - 2023 SA COUNTRY CUP
Below are the qualifiers 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 with the final field declared on Tuesday 3rd October.
Qualifying
Track Dist. Date of Meeting
Gawler 531m Friday 22.09.23– (1st Doonan and 1st Universal Value)
Mt Gambier 512m Sunday 24.09.23 – (1st Whiskey Chaser and 2nd Spartan Brave)
Murray Bridge 530m Sunday 24.09.23– (1st Kia Ora Lad and 1st Federal Fernando)
Under the condition’s reserves have been determined by ballot from second placegetters. Those greyhounds in order are –
2ND Finniss Surprise (MBR) 1ST Ballott
2ND Max Rocha (GAW) 2ND Ballott
2ND Hooked On Love (MBR) 3RD Ballott
2nd My Mum’s Value (GAW) 4TH Ballott
MURRAY BRIDGE TO RACE AT NIGHT ON THURSDAY, 5TH OCTOBER
With GRSA being able to race on Friday, 6th October for the Group 1 Adelaide Cup due to the support of GRV swapping their Friday meetings, Murray Bridge will race in the normal nighttime slot on Thursday, 5th October.
Nominations will now close 9.00am Monday, 2nd October with GRSA.
TAB ADELAIDE CUP ON FRIDAY 6TH OCTOBER
Friday, 6th October: TAB Adelaide Cup Final @ $145,250 ($100,000 to the winner)
TAB Adelaide Cup Consolation @ $14,275 (trainers are required to renominate)
• Nominations: TAB Adelaide Cup Final meeting close Tuesday, 3rd October with GRSA at 9.00am.
Due to programming some of the early races 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 as race 10 to accommodate Sky Racing scheduling and lead in times. The Quaddie for this meeting will change and will be on races 7,8,9 and 10. The first race is due to start at 6.39pm SA time.
GRSA is thankful for GRV for assisting with this scheduling and Sky Racing for making these changes.
HEATS CLASSIC 2023 PRELUDE (2) AT ANGLE PARK IN OCTOBER
The $3,700 Heats of Classic 2023 Prelude (2) will be run on Thursday, 12th October with the $4,500 Final on Thursday, 19th October over the 530m. For SA Bred greyhounds whelped July 21 to December 21 and paid up for Classic 2023.
* Nominations for the Heats close Monday, 9th October with GRSA at 9.00am.
HARD STYLE RICO @ STUD GRADE 5 BITCHES
Studmaster Luckie Karabitsakos has kindly donated a Hard Style Rico straw to the Grade 5 Bitches Series starting with heats on Thursday 12th October at Angle Park.
The winner of the Group 1 Melbourne Cup in 2020 in track record time (Sandown 515m 28.91s), Group 2 Shepparton Cup and Group 3 Silver Bullet showcased his brilliant speed and strength throughout his career.
His career at stud is now starting to take off with current offspring including 2023 Adelaide Cup finalist and Match Race Series winner Schillaci showing great talent on the track.
Race details below:
Heats Thursday 12/10/23 - $3,585 Heats Hard Style Rico @ Stud Grade 5 Bitches– 530m (Free Service to Hard Style Rico (sire of Schillaci - valued at $2,200 for winning connections of Final provided by Luckie Karabitsakos. $5,535 Final 19/10/23)
Nominations for the heats close on Monday 9th October at 9am with GRSA
2023 GAWLER CUP CARNIVAL KICKS OFF ON MONDAY 23RD OCTOBER
The Gawler Gold Cup carnival will be run over two meetings this year. The Gawler GRC has been in consultation with the Thoroughbreds and Harness Racing in the region and has made a mini carnival again this year with all three codes running their main races for the year around the same time called the “Gawler Carnival of Cups”.
Our carnival will kick off on Monday, 23rd October with $3,000 Heats for the Group 3 Gawler Gold Cup over the 531m along with $1,995 Heats of the Gawler Sprint Classic for open 400m greyhounds and the $2,760 Heats of the “Bothing” Gawler Stayers Cup for open 643m greyhounds.
The Group 3 Gawler Cup Final will be run on Sunday night, 29th October worth $36,000 in prizemoney with the winner to receive $25,000. This night will include the $8,000 Gawler Sprint Classic Final, the $8,500 Final of the Bothing Gawler Stayers Cup and there will be a Consolation for the Gawler Gold Cup.
Nominations for the Gawler Cup Heats, Gawler Sprint Classic Heats and Bothing Stayers Cup close with GRSA at 9.00am on Thursday, 19th October
Change of venues to accommodate the Gawler Cup Heats in October
Please note with the Gawler Cup Heats this year being conducted on Monday night, 23rd October our normal schedule will change slightly. Angle Park will run on Friday, 21st October with a day meeting at City B class while Sunday night, 22nd October will be a Murray Bridge Prov 1 meeting around the One Turn. Please check the October All Tracks calendar for programmed events when released.
DUAL LURE TO BE TRIALLED AT ANGLE PARK THIS TUESDAY NIGHT
As advised in last 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
ONLINE NOMINATIONS UPDATED WITH VACCINATION DETAILS OF GREYHOUNDS
OzChase have update the currency of the Greyhound’s vaccination and it is displayed within Online Nominations. Each Greyhound on the Currently Trained list of a trainer will include a new column displaying the latest vaccination date recorded. It will be colour coded.
**** Previously nominations have still been accepted, however, for meetings scheduled from 1st October if the greyhound does not have a current Vaccination recorded, the Online Nomination system will block the nomination from being accepted. Please ensure all vaccination paperwork is updated with GRSA to ensure nominations can be accepted****
GAWLER TRIALS TO MOVE TO ONLINE SHORTLY
As advised previously GRSA has been working with the Gawler GRC and staff to transition the Gawler trial booking process to online like Angle Park and Murray Bridge for their Monday and Thursday morning sessions. An implementation date will be advised shortly. After consultation at the most recent ICG meeting this will have to be implemented to accommodate certain trialling requirements. GRSA will extended the bookings for Gawler for each session from 4 to 6 that one trainer can have in anyone session to assist a number of young greyhounds that trial one after another.