Angle Park Preview - July 27th
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
With only the ten events here tonight at headquarters, we need to get on the front foot early and back a few winners, I think there are a couple of good things in the opening events too set us up for a handy night.
Top Selections.
Race 1 -- 5,6,7,2
Race 2 -- 2,4,1,7
Race 3 -- 2,4,7,1
Race 4 -- 3,8,6,1
Race 5 -- 5,8,6,4
Race 6 -- 8,2,1,5
Race 7 -- 8,4,3
Race 8 -- 2,6,7,1
Race 9 -- 6,8,5,2
Race 10 -- 1,7,8,4
Best Bets
Race 8 No 2 -- Soda Saville
Race 9 No 6 -- Zipping Mahalia
Best Roughie
Race 5 No 5 -- Weblec Flame
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.
BOY FROM THE BUSH
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park tonight -
First 4 selections –
Race 1 -- 6,7,5,2
Race 2-- 2,4,1,7
Race 3 -- 2,4,7,1
Race 4 -- 1,4,8,6
Race 5 -- 5,6,8,4
Race 6 -- 2,8,5,7
Race 7 -- 8,3,4
Race 8 -- 6,2,1,10
Race 9 -- 1,6,2,7
Race 10 -- 8,1,7,2
Best Bets: Race 5, No. 5 Weblec Flame
Best Bets: Race 10, No. 8 Finniss Jewel
Eachway: Race 9, No. 1 Mac Frenzy
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next weeks Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$5,535 State Heats 2023 National Sprint Championship-530m ($14,275 Final 10/8. Nat Final @ The Meadows Vic Saturday 26/8)
$3,505 Special event Grade 5 (worst to best) – 530m (One 8 dog field 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 this event N/P)
$2,650 Open Maiden – 530m
$3,855 Grade 6 – 595m
$3,505 Grade 6 – 530m (For greyhounds who have won 1 or 2 races)
$4,055 SA Bred Grade 5 -530m
$4,560 Mixed -595m
$6,790 Open – 730m
Nominations close Monday 31st July with GRSA at 9.00am.
LOCAL NEWS
2023 GAWLER CLASSIC HEATS ON AUGUST 2 – NOMINATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW
The Gawler Classic for 2023 over 400m will have $1,600 Heats on Wednesday, 2nd August with the $3,300 Final on Wednesday, 9th August for greyhounds paid up for Classic 2023.
• Nominations for Heats close with GRSA at 9am on Friday, 28th July.
2023 NORTH V SOUTH CHALLENGE FINALS ON SUNDAY NIGHT
The North V South Challenge Finals will be run at Gawler this Sunday 30th July with a 531m Final worth $8,000 and a 400m Final worth $4,000. The 400m Final will be race 6 due to start at 7.32pm while the 531m final will be race 8 at 8.14pm.
2023 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VICTORIA - SPRINT NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY
The GCA National Championships are just around the corner. The National Finals this year will be held at The Meadows in Victoria and are to be conducted on Saturday, 26th August.
Both the National Sprint and National Distance Finals are at Group 1 level.
The State series’ for SA will be held at Angle Park on Thursday, 3rd August for the Sprint Heats over 530m with the State Final of the Sprint on the 10th August.
• Nominations for the Sprint heats will close at the normal time with GRSA which will be at 9am on Monday, 31st July
A reminder to all trainers of the clause which requires a greyhound to have been domiciled in South Australia for a period of not less than 76 days out of the 150 days immediately prior to the nomination closing date to be eligible to represent SA for the Sprint, which going back is on Wednesday, 17th May 2023. If unsure of a greyhound’s status, please contact the GRSA grading staff.
The one-off Distance Final for the Nationals over the 730m will be conducted on Thursday 10th August
• Nominations for the Distance Final will close at the normal time with GRSA which will be at 9am on Monday, 7th August.
The 76 days out of the 150 days immediately prior to the nomination closing date to be eligible to represent SA for the Distance, which going back is on Wednesday, 24th May 2023.
In an effort to support this series ALL States will be conducting their Finals on the same night to be run within a two hour period.
NATIONAL STRAIGHT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP AT HEALESVILLE
The National Straight Track Championship this year will be held at Healesville on Saturday morning, 26th August – so all the National Finals will be held on the same day.
This year SA will have two SA dogs represent the State in the series with QLD, NSW, VIC and SA challenging for the title.
So the Straight Track series aligns with the circle and the other States, we will have two Heats at Murray Bridge next Tuesday, 1st August with our Final on Tuesday, 8th August. Prizemoney for the SA Straight track Final will be $10,000 to the winner aligned with the other three States.
ANGLE PARK TUESDAY NIGHT POSTPONED
Due to a number of factors including resourcing, the commencement of the Tuesday night meetings at Angle Park will be postponed for a period of time. GRSA will provide any more information on future dates in due course.
Trials at Angle Park will now remain on Tuesday nights.
GOTBA COURSING DATES
Below are the GOTBA at Virginia Coursing dates until the end of the season. GRSA will continue to grade a mix of 4 and 8 dog events as the season progresses.
Sunday August 13
Sunday September 3 (moved from 27th August due to racing at Angle Park on Saturday 26th August)
Sunday September 10
Sunday September 24
Sunday October 8
GRADING REVIEW PANEL MEETING OUTCOMES – MAIN POINTS
• GRSA will allow one extra Grade 6 over another distance for City A Thursday meetings bringing this into line with all tracks in SA. No retrospectivity regarding this change.
• GRSA has removed the condition where once a greyhound has won a Grade 5 or higher event on a City A meeting that the greyhound will lose all Grade 6 events at all other tracks. This means a greyhound could be a Grade 4 or Grade 3 over 530m on a Thursday City A meeting and will still be able to win Grade 6 events at other tracks. No retrospectivity regarding this change.
• GRSA will now allow a greyhound after winning a Grade 5 Masters event in faster time than the time standard to get back into Masters with 2 runs in a Grade 5 at the track and distance, it doesn’t matter if they are placed or unplaced just so long as there are two starts out of Masters. This has been changed from being just unplaced to get back.
INDUSTRY CONSULTATIVE GROUP PANEL MEETING OUTCOMES – MAIN POINTS
• 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 ASAP.
• 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 ASAP.
• The ICG panel confirmed and supported a $100 fine for any late Pink Card applications. For implementation ASAP.
• 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 ASAP.