Angle Park Preview - Festival of Fire 2023- 21st December
We have a cracker of a program tonight here at Angle Park, a quality 12 event card and there looks to be a couple of good things throughout the evening. As always all races are Trifecta and First Four events and with the standard on offer here this evening that’s where the money looks to be. Merry Christmas to you all and be safe on the roads, don’t forget to give your best mates in the kennels a little extra treat on the 25th. Happy Punting.
Race 1 - 7,4,3,2
Race 2 - 5,1,4,7
Race 3 - 8,1,5,3
Race 4 - 2,1,3,6
Race 5 - 1,4,8,7
Race 6 - 4,6,5,8
Race 7 - 3,6,8,7
Race 8 - 2,6,1,4
Race 9 - 8,4,3,1
Race 10 - 6,2,4,3
Race 11 - 6,5,4,3
Race 12 - 6,1,2,5
Best Bets
Race 5 No 1 - Springvale Bray
Race 6 No 4 - Minter Redeem
Race 8 No 2 - Adhana Rico
Best Each Way
Race 7 No 6 - Bandit Hazel
Best Roughie
Race 9 No 8 Hayride Gulden
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s wonderful night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections -
Race 1 -3,2,4,7
Race 2 - 4,5,2,7
Race 3 - 8,1,5,2
Race 4 - 2,1,3,5
Race 5 - 1,2,7,6
Race 6 - 4,3,5,1
Race 7 - 1,8,5,3
Race 8 - 2,1,6,4
Race 9 - 4,6,3,8
Race 10 -6,4,8,3
Race 11-1,5,7,3
Race 12 -6,5,7,4
Best Bets: Race 1 No 3 Fast Headache
Best Bets: Race 4 No 2 All About Larry
Best Bets: Race 7 No 1 Sort Of Cool
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next week's Angle Park Thursday meeting features -
$14,275 Kate’s A Scandal Xmas Sprint FFA – 530m (N/P)
$3,855 Gawler to Angle Park Mix 5/6 N/P Final–530m (Heats Wednesday 20/12/23 N/P. Must have no offences at either track)
$3,855 G5 Bitches – 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)
$3,505 Juvenile – 530m
$4,210 Mixed 5/6 – 595m
$6,790 Free For All – 730m
* Nominations close Friday 22nd December with GRSA at 9.00am.
STOP PRESS
Please be advised that nominations for the Angle Park Thursday meeting and Mt Gambier Thursday meetings next week (28/12) close tomorrow at 9am due to public holidays next week.
CHRISTMAS “FESTIVAL OF FIRE” FINALS AT ANGLE PARK TONIGHT
We have a terrific program of racing tonight at Angle Park as the racing “Festival of Fire” culminates with a 12 race program and 6 finals with over $100,000 in prizemoney on offer. They are races 3 to 8 and features Finals of the Blaze, Flame, Bonfire, Inferno, Spark and Ashes.
There will be some wonderful trophies and rugs for the winning connections and personalised greyhounds rugs for races 4,6 and 8 which connections can keep.
The Festival of Fire series is in its third year for SA trained greyhounds that must have been in SA as of midnight 1st November 2023 to be eligible with all races non penalty.
The GRSA Board resolved that the top-up amounts for this series will sit outside the Wagering Activity Payments (WAP) model. This means that the majority of the stakemoney for the series will be additional to the guaranteed return that has already been committed to industry through the WAP model.
BORDER CHALLENGE (MOUNT GAMBIER V WARRNAMBOOL) FINAL TONIGHT AT WARRNAMBOOL
After the Williams Crane Hire Christmas Cup Final last Sunday the qualifiers as to who would represent Mt Gambier in the Border Challenge (Mt Gambier V Warrnambool) were determined. They were -
1st Mister Banjo – Tracie Price
2nd Federal Flash – David Peckham
3rd Aston Ziebell – David Peckham
7th Honey Rocks – Tracie Price
The $5,800 Final is tonight at Warrnambool over the 450m and is race 8 due to start at 7.46pm (SA time). The Mt Gambier representatives have drawn box 3 Honey Rocks, box 4 Federal Flash, box 6 Mister Banjo and box 7 Aston Ziebell however “Ziebell” has been scratched.
Good luck to our three local contenders for this years Border Challenge.
KATE’S A SCANDAL CHRISTMAS SPRINT ON THURSDAY 28TH DECEMBER – NOMINATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW
On Thursday, 28th December the feature at Angle Park will be the $14,275 Kate’s A Scandal Christmas Sprint Free For All (N/P) over the 530m.
• Nominations close with GRSA at 9.00am tomorrow (Friday, 22nd December).
HEATS GAWLER CLASSIC 2023 – 531m
The Heats of the Gawler Classic 2023 over 531m will be run on Sunday, 31st December with the $4,500 Final on Friday, 5th January. This series is for greyhounds paid up for Classic 2023.
• Nominations for the Heats close Thursday, 28th December with GRSA at 9.00am.
GRSA AND GAP OFFICE TO CLOSE AT 3PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY DECEMBER 22)
Please be advised that the GRSA Administration and GAP Office’s will close at 3pm on Friday, 22nd December.
Can participants ensure all your GAP and Administrative business is taken care of prior to 3pm on this day.
EARLY START AND EARLY FINISH CHRISTMAS EVE FOR GAWLER
Sky Racing have advised due to scheduling of product on Sunday, 24th December our Gawler meeting will start and finish earlier than normal. The first of 12 races will be at 3.14pm and the last at 6.43pm.
***The scratching deadline for this meeting will be between 8am and 9am on Sunday, 24th December. ***
MURRAY BRIDGE SCRATCHINGS TUESDAY 26TH DECEMBER
Due to Xmas Day on Monday, we will have to finalise the scratchings for the Murray Bridge Straight Track run on Tuesday, 26th December at the same time as Gawler on Sunday (8am – 9am on Sunday, 24th December).
TRIALLING OVER XMAS AND NEW YEAR
This year Xmas day falls on a Monday with Tuesday, 26th December being Boxing Day. There will be NO trials on Xmas Day and NO trials at Angle Park on Tuesday night. There will be trials at Murray Bridge on Wednesday, 27th and Gawler Thursday, 28th December as normal.
There will be NO trials at Angle Park on Sunday, 31st December due to staffing availability.
Over the New Year period there will be NO trials on Monday, 1st January at Murray Bridge and NO trials at Gawler on Monday, 1st January.
NO TRIALS AT MURRAY BRIDGE ON 15th AND 22nd JANUARY
Please note that there will be No Trials at Murray Bridge on Monday, 15th January and Monday, 22nd January due to staffing issues.
STAYING EVENTS TO MOVE TO 5 RUNNERS AS A MINIMUM FROM JANUARY 2024
For a number of years GRSA has supported our staying ranks by running these events with a minimum of 4 runners. GRSA has tried to encourage this pool to grow at the expense of other events on a program, even with such small numbers. However, from meetings drawn in January 2024 any staying event programmed will need to be a minimum of 5 runners to be considered in the program. This will affect the Angle Park 730m, Murray Bridge 680m and Mt Gambier 732m.
GRSA will continue to review processes in relation to the field size and scheduling.
2024 GAWLER PRODUCE STAKES – NOMINATIONS RE-EXTENED TO FRIDAY 5TH JANURAY
GRSA advises that the nominations for the 2024 Gawler Produce have been re-extended until close of business next Friday, 5th January. There were 77 nominations after the first extension and the series will need around 100 nominations to ensure Heats, and Semi-Finals. Due to this re-extension the second payment will also move to Friday, 9th February. Please contact GRSA for further information if required.
GOTY AWARDS NIGHT ON SATURDAY 3RD FEBRUARY
Please be advised that Greyhound Racing SA will hold the Annual Greyhound of the Year awards night on Saturday, 3rd February 2024 to be held at Angle Park.