Angle Park Preview - April 7th 2022

07/04/2022
Racing News

We have a great night of racing ahead of us with a strong 12 event program tonight at headquarters, we have been picking a few winners and there is no reason we can’t do the same again tonight. As always all races are Trifecta and First Four events.

Race 1 - We kick off with a wide open affair, I will stick with Plausible Dream who looked the winner but went down by a nose here last start, he hopefully can break through for us tonight. Curious Nick was a last start winner here from box 2 in 31.10 he is the danger again. Box Up 1.2.5.7

Race 2 - Interesting race here, Lashes Monelli resumed from a long spell and finished 4^th here Monday night, she is a class act when on song and looks the big improver. Sutton Sandy has a good turn of early pace, she is drawn to kick up and run a bold race. The one to keep your eye on is Mallee Magic, he has a terrific record over the 595M with 3 wins from his 5 runs and can run time. Box Up 1.3.5.7

Race 3 - Sebon Panther won here Monday when leading throughout over the 730M, she drops back in distance here and will be very hard to beat again. Victa Reid will be right in the mix as will Weblec Star who loves this trip. Box Up 1.2.6.8

Race 4 - How good is this event as four of the five runners are big chances, I will go with the well-drawn Fantastic Victor who proved to strong here last week when winning in 30.22, he can hold the early lead from the good draw and win. Jack’s Well has returned to his best form with 3 smart wins from his last four, he is a class act on song. Add Victa Grosso who has been beating the best in the state. Box up 1.2.6.8

Race 5 - Rosie Red has a good turn of early pace, she was run down late last run when a very short price favorite and should strip fitter here tonight. Under Study will be rattling home as will Helmet Giblet who can be hit and miss early. Box up 4.5.7.8

Race 6 - We have two scratching’s in this so we will stick with She’s Fired Up from box 1, she has been mixing her form but does go well from this draw. Agent Hamish has been racing well over the short he looks the improver in the small field. Box Up 1.2.5.8

Race 7 - How good has been He’s All Purpose been in recent runs, he has a good turn of early pace and only needs to cross to take beating again. Queen Of Fire is drawn to have a big say down on the fence, she was a last start winner here and must be respected. Demolition is on debut the EX Victorian has a good track record and must be kept safe. Box Up 1.4.6.8

Race 8 - Don’t Tell Bluey was very impressive when winning here in 30.34 here last week, he has a good turn of early pace and will be very hard to beat on that run. Danyo’s Charlie is drawn to go very close he has been racing well and has good box speed. Spring Vinnie and Bruce Mick Glenn for the First Four. Box Up 1.3.6.7

Race 9 - This is over the 730M and with only the four runners, Dashing Wilma looks hard to beat she has been mixing her form of late and the small field will help her big time. New Year Tears has the pace to go to the front early he has been in good form and should give this a big shake. Mr. Ibrox will be running on. 3.5.7.1 for $1 in order.

Race 10 - Mallee Dreamer was a last start winner at Gawler in handy time last run, she is well boxed here tonight she looks a big chance of leading from the good draw and can go close. Researched will be running on as will Air Outlaw who is in good form. Box Up 1.2.4.5

Race 11 - Ray Murray looks to have a handy one here in Air Pumbaa, he has won his past two at Gawler both in handy times he should be able to possie up early and prove to strong. Gemtree Apollo and Harboring are chances. Box up 1.2.5.7

Race 12 – This is a toughie to go home on, the Ben Rawlings team have a handy type in Impeached, he has won his last three at Murray Bridge all in good fashion he comes to town tonight and will be hard to toss. Midoriyama just needs to improve his box manners to have a big say in this. Box Up 1.2.5.7

Best Bets

Race 1 No. 2 - Plausible Dream

Race 5, No. 4 - Rosie Red

Race 10, No. 1 - Mallee Dreamer

Best Each way

Race 8, No. 3 - Spring Vinnie

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KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH

The monthly Kennel Capers for March was released a few weeks ago so make sure you grab yourself a copy. Remember to keep up to date with weekly updates and media releases using the GRSA website at www.grsa.com.au.

The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s fantastic night of racing at Angle Park tonight -

First 4 selections –
Race 1: 2,7,1,8

Race 2: 7,3,1,5

Race 3: 6,2,4,8

Race 4: 1,2,6,8

Race 5: 4,5,2,7

Race 6: 2,4,8,1

Race 7: 8,4,5,1

Race 8: 1,3,7,4

Race 9: 3,5,7,1

Race 10: 4,5,1,2

Race 11: 2,4,7,5

Race 12: 5,7,1,2

Best Bets: Race 1, No. 2 - Plausible Dream

Best Bets: Race 2, No. 7 - Mallee Magic

Each-Way: Race 8, No. 1 - Danyo’s Charlie

ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)

Next weeks Angle Park Thursdays meeting features –

Eastar Match Race Series (SA Trained)-530m (S/E–N/P. 8 fastest greyhounds trained in SA based on times - Match Races @ $3,000 - $4,500 each – runners up $500. Overall Winner ($6k, $2.5k, $1.5k). Match Race conditions as advertised.

$7,750 Easter Cup Final – 595m (Mixed greyhounds. Heats 7/4/22)

$3,260 Grade 6 – 530m (For greyhounds who have won 1 race or Maiden Heat and Final)

$2,465 Open Maiden – 530m

$3,915 Mixed Masters - 530m (For greyhounds 3¾yo or over at time of nom-must raced prev 6 months or qualy trialled in that time. 4yo & higher pref N/P)

$3,585 Grade 5 Bitches – 530m

$6,320 Free For All –730m

Nominations close Monday 11^th April with GRSA at 9.00am.

LOCAL NEWS

2022 EASTER CUP HEATS TONIGHT

There are two heats of the 2022 Easter Cup tonight which will be races 2 and 3 on the program. Whilst the fields are small the quality is excellent with the likes of Lashes Monelli and Mallee Magic doing battle in heat 1 and Victa Reid, Weblec Star and Run Like Jess doing battle in heat 2. The first 4 past the post in each heat will progress through to next weeks $7,750 Final on Thursday, 21^st April. The box draw for the final will be conducted oncourse after the running of race 4.

ED BURRETT AND TROY MURRAY FLYING THE FLAG FOR SA INTERSTATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY

Ed Burrett has two of his greyhounds engaged in the semi finals of the rich Launching Pad series tonight at Sandown.

Charlee’s Misty ran a brave 4^th in her heat to qualify behind Phoenix winner Wow She’s Fast and has drawn box 7 in her heat, which is race 6 due to start at 6.58pm SA time. Ed’s other greyhound, Let Win Coin trained by Jason Sharp won her heat at 100/1 last week to qualify when she lead throughout for a brilliant win. She has drawn box 3 in race 7 at 7.20pm SA time and im sure wont start those odds tonight.

The first two from the semi finals tonight will progress through to the $150,000 to the winner Launching Pad final on Thursday, 14^th April.

Meanwhile Troy Murray had a night to remember on Sunday night in NSW where his greyhounds each broke the 530m track record and qualified for the Broken Hill Cup Final at the Clubs first ever TAB meeting.

She’s A Hotshot ran a slick 30.28 in winning her heat and claiming the track record however 15 minutes later Came And Went was able to better that time by .01 when he lead throughout in his heat in a flying 30.27 and are now big changes in the final on Sunday with $10,000 to the winner.

Also joining them in the final is Wooden Tiger for Clint Trengove, Hojilla Bale for Chris Jaensch and Teddy The Bear for Shelley Trengove.

We wish all the local greyhounds the best of luck over the next few days.

FUTURE STARS HEATS AT GAWLER TOMORROW

There are two Gawler Future Stars Heats drawn for SA Bred greyhounds whelped in 2020 tomorrow at Gawler over the 531m with a $3,500 Final on Easter Sunday. The heats are full of quality with the likes of Spring Phoebe, Springvale Rex and Springvale Maddi in race 4 and Springvale Max, Nikita and Pyschotic Babe in race 5. The first 4 from each heat will qualify for the final next Sunday. Also on Easter Sunday will be the Gawler Easter Sprint for mixed greyhounds over the 531m worth $5,000. (Trainers must nominate for this feature) It’s going to be a terrific night of racing on the Sunday night over the Easter break.

• Nominations for the Easter Sprint close at 9.00am on Wednesday, 13^th April

“EASTAR” MATCH RACE SERIES NEXT WEEK

Next week the “SA Eastar” Match Race series will be held on Thursday night, 14^th April (Easter) at Angle Park. This event is for South Australian local greyhounds. Selection for this series is based around winning times at Angle Park for greyhounds that have run over the 530m at any Angle Park meeting since 1^st November, 2021 along with those that have trialled to set a time (allocated sessions). The list has been refined to provide the top 20 eligible greyhounds so far –

Came And Went – 30.05
Fantastic Victor – 30.09
Victa Grosso – 30.13
Stout Monelli – 30.15
Jack’s Well – 30.19
Victa Haydn – 30.24 (trial)
Lot of Poise – 30.26
Harbor Blues – 30.31
Fly For Trix – 30.33
Spring Vinnie – 30.34
Springvale Maddi – 30.36
Dark Tides – 30.38
Dashing Wilma – 30.38
It’s Smudgy – 30.38
He’s All Purpose – 30.39
Mallee Magic - 30.39
She’s A Hotshot - 30.39
Alfieri – 30.39
Threaten – 30.40
Aston Gypsy 30.40

(greyhounds with the same time will still need to be separated by decimal places if required)

These greyhounds are nomination subject for the series - Memphis Keeping – 30.21 (N/S), Victa Reid – 30.29 (Easter Cup – N/E), Sunset Toxic – 30.30 (N/S), Weblec Mist – 30.30 (Easter Cup – N/E), Don’t Tell Lies – 30.32 (Interstate), Ned’s Chance- 30.33 (N/E), Don’t Tell Bluey – 30.34 (N/E)

The head to head matches will be decided based on the final listing and nominations. Match 1 will be 1 v 4, Match 2 will be 2 v 3, Match 3 will be 5 v 8 and Match 4 will be 6 v 7. There will be no manual selection from the Grader. The top 4 seeded greyhounds will be rewarded with more prizemoney.

The overall winner of the local Match Race series will be offered a spot in the State of Origin Match race series (SA V Vic) in September so long as it is nominated and eligible to represent SA subject to changes.

Winners of match races – Match 1 – 1 v 4 $4,500, Match 2 – 2 v 3 $4,000, Match 3 – 5 v 8 $3,500, Match 4 – 6 v 7 $3,000. There will be $500 unplaced for each match.

Overall SA Eastar winner (based on overall times) - $6,000, second $2,500, third $1,500, Runner Up’s $500.

Tonight is the final chance for greyhounds to improve their position by winning or trialling in fast times and secure a spot in the Eastar next Thursday night.

FLY FOR TRIX AND ALFIERI TO TRIAL FOR EASTAR TONIGHT

Both Fly For Trix for Jane McNichol and Alfieri for Bill Wudarczyk will trial in between races tonight in an attempt to set a time that will qualify them for next Thursdays “Eastar” Match Race Series. Both sit just out side the eligible top 8 and would be a good chance of sneaking it. Fly For Trix sits in position 9 and Alfieri is in equal 15^th with both camps confident they can post a slick time. Alfieri did win this series in 2020 so the connections are very confident he can have another shot at the series.

MURRAY BRIDGE TRIALS CANCELLED TOMORROW

GRSA continues to manage ongoing resourcing issues as a result of Covid-19 exposures and the requirements for key staff to isolate. This has again impacted our ability to adequately resource the Murray Bridge facility in the coming days resulting in the trials being cancelled tomorrow. The race meeting set down for Sunday night will proceed as programmed.

CHANGES TO TRIAL DAYS FOR GAWLER AND MURRAY BRIDGE

After consultation in the most recent ICG meeting GRSA have made some changes to the trialling days at both Gawler and Murray Bridge to make it easier for participants.

Gawler will continue to trial on the Monday morning however will now also trial every Thursday morning. There will be no rotation due to racing.

Murray Bridge will trial on Monday morning however will not trial on Thursday morning for the Straight Track. These will now be moved to the Wednesday night with the One Turn trial session. During non daylight saving Straight track trials will start at 4.30pm with the One Turn at 5.30pm. During Daylight saving the Straight track will start at 5.30pm with the One Turn 6.30pm.

Effective immediately for the next sessions. Any changes will be advised to industry via text message and social media

GROUP 3 Carlin & Gazzard MG MOUNT GAMBIER CUP FINAL THIS SUNDAY

On Sunday the Mount Gambier Greyhound Racing Club will not only conduct the Group 3 feature $36,000 Carlin & Gazzard MG Mount Gambier Cup final it will also feature the $2,500 Formula 400 Final, $3,500 Rock’s Tavern Distance Feature over 732m, The Commersh Masters over the 305m and the $3,000 The Tankman 600 Open Feature over 600m. Its going to be a fantastic day in the South East of the State starting on Sunday.

Box Draw for 2022 Group 3 Carlin & Gazzard MG Mount Gambier Cup Final over 512m next Sunday – Race 8 @ 2.19pm-

Blazing Times Angela Langton
Keep It Blue Angela Langton
Keep It Black Angela Langton
Midnight Blast David Peckham
Whole Way Tracie Price
Departure Gate Jason Newman
Quinlan Bale Daniel Gibbons
Weblec Ranger Angela Langton
Rhonda Lily (1st Res) Tracie Price
Devil Sixteen(2^nd Res) Jessica Sharp

TRACK MAINTNENACE NEWS

ANGLE PARK TRACK GRADE & HARROW – CHANGE TO TRIAL DAYS

Please note that the Angle Park track will undergo a surface grade and deep harrow tomorrow (Friday 8^th April). As a result it is necessary to transfer the trial session scheduled for Saturday 9^th April to the following day on Sunday 10^th April, commencing at 7.00am as normal.

This will allow the maintenance team sufficient time to return the track to a somewhat normal state for trials, however it is expected that times are still likely to be slower than normal. GRSA apologies for any inconvenience caused by these changes.

GRADING REVIEW PANEL MEETING MEET TOMORROW

The next Grading Review Panel meeting will be held at GRSA tomorrow (Friday, April 8). An Agenda has been sent out to the panel for discussion at the meeting

EASTER AND ANZAC DAY TRIALLING ARRANGEMENTS

With the Easter long weekend and Anzac Day coming up there are a couple of important things to remember.

• There will be No Straight track trials at Murray Bridge on Thursday 14th April– these trials will be conducted on Wednesday 13^th April with the One turn Track (starting at 4.30pm with One Turn at 5.30pm). Going forward the Thursday will be cancelled at the Straight track and will be every Wednesday going forward

• There will be No trials on Good Friday– these trials will be conducted on Thursday 14^th April instead and will continue to be on the Thursday going forward

• There will be trials at Mt Gambier on Saturday morning 16^th April

• There will be trials at Angle Park on Sunday morning 17^th April

• There will be No trials at Gawler or Murray Bridge on Monday 18^th April

• There will be trials at Murray Bridge on Monday 25^th April

• With no trials at Gawler on Monday 25^th April they will be moved to Tuesday 26^th April

• There will be trials at Gawler on Thursday 28^th April even though we race at Gawler in the Twilight

BREEDERS 2022 PRELUDE (2) HEATS MOVED BACK 1 WEEK TO AVOID GAWLER FUTURE STARS

GRSA advise that the Breeders 2022 Prelude (2) heats at Angle Park that were programmed on Monday 18^th April have been rescheduled and will be run on Monday 25th April with the final on Monday 2nd May. This will now avoid the Gawler Future Stars series where the final is scheduled to be run on Sunday 17^th April. As both series draw from the exact same pool of SA Bred greyhounds the change gives the opportunity for trainers to nominate and the Clubs to run both events.

With the change this will still give greyhounds that qualify for the Breeders 2022 Prelude (2) final on 2^nd May, 10 days until the Group 3 Howard Ashton Heats on Thursday 12th May.

SA DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIP IN APRIL

The $6,320 Heats of the SA Distance Championship will be run over 730m on Thursday, 21^st April. The $15,250 Final will be run on Friday, 29^th April to coincide with the 50^th Anniversary celebrations .

• Nominations for the Heats close on Tuesday, 19^th April at 9.00am with GRSA

GOTBA COURSING TO START IN APRIL

GOTBA at Virginia will hold their first Coursing meeting for 2022 on Sunday, 24^th April. The club will be looking to have trials near the end of this month so should give plenty of time for those trainers looking to go Coursing this year.

• Nominations close with GRSA at 9am on Wednesday, 20^th April.

Further dates will be released shortly.

ANGLE PARK’S 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND $5OK TO THE WINNER ON FRIDAY 29^TH APRIL

After consultation with Greyhound Racing Victoria, Greyhound Racing SA is very appreciative that they have swapped their Friday night meeting on April 29^th with Angle Park’s Thursday night meeting on April 28^th. This will mean that Angle Park can celebrate our 50^th Anniversary with a big night planned on a Friday night along with increased prizemoney of $50,000 to the winner for the Anniversary Cup Final on the night.

The night itself will be very much like an Adelaide Cup atmosphere with plenty of entertainment for families as we celebrate 50 years at Angle Park. The feature Anniversary Cup Final, offering $50k to the winner will be sure to provide a high quality line up of sprinters, locally and interstate, with Heats for this event on Thursday, 22^nd April. Coinciding with the Anniversary Cup Final is the SA Distance Championship Final worth $10k to the winner with Heats also run on Thursday, 22^nd April.

Other changes will be the Gawler Friday meeting on 29^th April will now be run on Thursday, 28^th April in the twilight timeslot. GRSA appreciates the support of GRVIC and Sky Racing in regard to these changes.

NOMINATIONS FOR SATISFACTORY TRIALS

Recently we have had several trainers nominating online using the Qualifying Trial meeting for Satisfactory Trials. The online Qualifying Trial meetings are for trainers to nominate their greyhound which they wish to improve on the Order of Choice for the upcoming meeting only. Trainers, whom have a greyhound that is required to complete a Satisfactory Trial, are required to contact the offices of GRSA and provide the relevant details. By contacting the office, you will be advised of any further requirements that are needed for the Satisfactory Trial.