Angle Park Preview -15th June
TELLING THE TAIL
We certainly have a very good night of racing ahead at headquarters tonight with two heats of the 2023 Bayroad Queen series over the 730m (Races 4 and 5), both are strong and it will make for an interesting Final next week. Race 7 on the program is certainly a very good betting event the eight runners on their night are all capable of winning. As always all races are Trifecta and First Fours.
Tonight’s tips
Race 1 - 2,1 ,7 ,10
Race 2 - 7,8,1,5
Race 3 - 7,8,4,3
Race 4 - 8,7,5,4
Race 5 - 5,7,4,8
Race 6 - 1,8,2,5
Race 7 - 3,8,1,4
Race 8 - 1,3,6,7
Race 9 - 1,7,5,2
Race 10 - 2,5,3,1
Race 11 - 7,1,3,6
Race 12 - 2,5,4,1
Best Bets
Race 8 No.1 - Beck’s Monelli
Race 11 No.7 - Bernardo Bowl
Race 12 No.2 - Miss Artemis
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park tonight
First 4 selections:
Race 1 - 2,10,1,7
Race 2- 1,7,5,8
Race 3 - 8,7,3,4
Race 4 - 8,7,2,4
Race 5 - 7,5,4,8
Race 6 - 2,3,4,5
Race 7 - 3,4,6,1
Race 8 - 7,4,3,1
Race 9 - 5,2,1,7
Race 10 - 6,5,2,3
Race 11 - 7,1,3,2
Race 12 - 2,1,7,5
Best Bets: Race 6, No. 2 Miss Free Reign
Best Bets: Race 7, No. 3 Federal Outlaw
Eachway: Race 10, No. 6 Petina
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY (City A)
Next weeks Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$15,250 Bayroad Queen Feature Stayers Final – 730m (Best greyhounds nominated. Heats 15/6/23)
$3,505 Heats Grade 6 Feature – 530m ($5,535 Final 29/6/23)
$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 and no reserves. Trainers cannot nominate for this event specifically. Non Penalty)
$2,650 Open Maiden – 530m
$6,015 Special Event N/P-595m (all greyhounds considered.G5 must advise if do not want a start)
Nominations close Monday 19th June with GRSA at 9.00am.
IMPORTANT UPDATE - LICENSING
GRSA wishes to advise Participants of the following:
• Owners renewing licenses will NOT require Police Clearances at the current renewal period (30/6/2023);
• Trainers, Attendants and Breeders WILL require Police Clearances as previously advised and
• A grace period will apply to those experiencing difficulties
If you are requiring assistance in obtaining a Police Clearance, we encourage you to contact Renee Colquhoun (8243 7113 – [email protected]) or Des Jonas (8243 7166 – 0478 189 366 – [email protected]) at your earliest convenience. Further information will be published in the next edition of Kennel Capers.’
BAYROAD QUEEN STAYERS HEATS TONIGHT
There are two $6,790 Heats of the Bayroad Queen Stayer’s Cup tonight to be run over the 730m distance featuring some of our best local stayers. The first heat is race 4 due to start at 7.43pm SA time and features Springvale Rex and Zipping Neutron doing battle. Race 5 at 8.07pm is the second heat and features Chair Man, Troy Intention and recent SA Distance Championship winner Zipping Patch.
The first four placegetters from each heat will qualify for next Thursday’s $14,275 Final on 22nd June. The Box Draw will be conducted oncourse tonight after the running of race 6.
CLASSIC AND BREEDERS FUTURITY PAYMENTS – PAYMENTS DUE TOMORROW (FRIDAY 16TH JUNE)
Owners of SA Bred greyhounds are reminded that the next batch of Futurity payments are due tomorrow, Friday, 16th June 2023.
The payments due are:
Classic 2023 – Final Payment (Pups born July 21 to December 21) This payment is for greyhounds for which the Second Sustaining Payment was made last December. The Final Payment is $121 per greyhound.
Breeders 2024 – Second Payment (Pups born January 22 to June 22)
This payment is for greyhounds for which the First Sustaining Payment was made last December. The Second Sustaining Payment is $55 per pup or a Final Payment of $121 can be made at this stage.
Classic 2024 – First Payment (Pups born July 22 to December 22)
This First Payment is due for Classic 2024. All SA Bred greyhounds born in the above period are eligible to make this payment. The First Payment is $27.50 per pup or a “one-off” Final Payment of $121 can be made at this stage.
To assist all owners of Futurity eligible pups, reminders will be sent out over the coming days. It is perhaps a good idea to make the payment as soon as you can, so it does not slip your mind and the closing date passes. If you have sold a pup/s we would ask if you can forward on the information to the new owner. If you have not received a reminder by the end of this month and you think you should have, contact Caralyn Fielden as soon as possible.
2023 GAWLER PRODUCE STAKE SEMI FINALS ON SUNDAY NIGHT
There were three heats of the Gawler Produce run last Friday with heat winners being Oh Louise (30.67), Coorong Cam (30.78) and Boom Boom Jinx (30.75). The qualifiers have been drawn into two $3,000 Semis on this Sunday, 18th June.
The semi finals are races 5 and 6 on Sunday night and features Fantastic Tommy, Oh Louise, Could Be King and Silk Sonic in semi 1 and Coorong Cam, See My Future, Victa Tony, Victa Kerle and Boom Boom Jinx in semi 2.
The first four from each semi final will qualify for next Sunday’s $22,000 final on 25th June. The Box Draw will be conducted oncourse on Sunday night after the running of the semi finals.
Greyhound’s that do not make the final will be eligible for the Consolation worth $3,000 to be run on the tonight.
The winner of the Final is also eligible for a $10,000 bonus if it can win the 2023 Gawler Gold Cup later this year in October. If the winner of the Gawler Produce is SA Bred, there is also a $1,000 SA Bred Bonus.
HEATS MIKE WITTHOLZ FEATURE MASTERS SERIES ON SUNDAY NIGHT AT GAWLER
There are three $1,885 Heats of the Mike Wittholz Mixed Masters Feature over the 400m on Sunday night. The heats will be races 8,9 and 10 with the first two and two fastest thirds qualifying for the 8 dog $5,000 final on Sunday 25th June.
GRADING REVIEW PANEL MEETING OUTCOMES RELEASED TOMORROW
The most recent Grading Review Panel meeting was held on Friday 2nd June with the minutes to be released tomorrow. It was an extremely positive meeting with the panel agreeing to some changes to City A Grade 6 conditions to help encourage and retain greyhounds racing at Angle Park on Thursday nights (City A) over the 500m + . There will also be some slight changes to Masters events for greyhounds that have broken the time standard to help them get back into these events a bit sooner. This will be released tomorrow.
LOW GRADE SERIES AT ANGLE PARK
The next Low Grade Feature Series at Angle Park will be a Grade 6 series over the 530m with $3,505 Heats on Thursday, 22nd June with the $5,535 Final on Thursday, 29th June.
• Nominations for the Heats close Monday, 19th June at 9.00am.
2023 GAWLER BREEDER’S HEATS ON JUNE 30
After the Group 3 Howard Ashton Final this month the Gawler Breeders over 531m will be run on Friday, 30th June and Friday 7th July for those greyhounds that are eligible for Breeders 2023.
*Nominations for the Heats close on Tuesday, 27th June with GRSA at 9.00am.*
LOW GRADE RACE FOR THURSDAYS AT ANGLE PARK
In an effort to ensure we are programming 12 races each Thursday night at Angle Park GRSA has introduced a low grade race for some Thursday nights. These races are for Grade 5 greyhounds over 530m that have a low WPS (Weighted Points Score). Prizemoney will be slightly less than a normal Grade 5, however, these races will be non-penalty. There will be no guarding, no reserves and only one 8 greyhound race. This should provide encouragement for those trainers who have 500m+ greyhounds but feel they cannot compete on a normal Thursday night due to current form. We are hoping to draw from a different pool of greyhounds and GRSA would encourage trainers to nominate.
$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 and no reserves. Trainers cannot nominate for this event specifically. Non Penalty)
The next programmed event is on Thursday, 15th June.
• Nominations close Friday, 9th June with GRSA at 9.00am
GRSA has also continued with the 1 – 4 win Time Graded Heats on a Saturday morning over 530m into a Thursday night Final where possible, however, with the introduction of the race on Thursday night, from May the 5+ 530m Time Graded events will only be run if insufficient nominations for the meeting (there will be no Heats for this pool of greyhounds).
GRSA will also continue running Heats at Murray Bridge, Angle Park Monday and Gawler into a Thursday night Final where the program allows to draw from a different pool of greyhounds over 500m.
MURRAY BRIDGE STAT TRIALS
Please be advised Satisfactory Trials at Murray Bridge on Wednesday nights will be conducted on a fortnightly basis due to staffing issues. The next fortnightly opportunity will be Wednesday, 21st June.
ADDITIONAL TUESDAY NIGHT MEETING AT ANGLE PARK
After consultation and support by Sky Racing, GRSA has programmed an extra race meeting on the weekly schedule for the new season, with Tuesday night at Angle Park now on the calendar. This extra meeting will be shown on Sky 2 and will be for Category 3 prizemoney. It will also be for short course greyhounds (342m) exclusively to not affect 530m+ at Angle Park meetings on Monday (Category 2) and Thursday (Category 1). GRSA may initially have to utilise more 6 dog fields to spread out our numbers across the weekly schedule, however, this will only be determined at the time. These meetings will be graded events and as we haven’t run this category with greyhounds taking a grade (Saturday mornings are Non Penalty) it will be like a new venue with most grades being Maiden, Grade 6 and Grade 5 to start with.
Nominations will close on the Friday before, the same time as Gawler Wednesday. This does avoid Angle Park Monday and Murray Bridge Tuesday which close on the Thursday.
Trials at Angle Park will move from Tuesday night to Wednesday night and be run the same time as the Murray Bridge trials.
The implementation date is scheduled for 1st August, 2023.
RACING AND TRIALLING FREQUENCY – STARTED 1ST FEBRUARY
GRSA has adopted a new local rule in regard to frequency of racing and trialling which took effect on Wednesday 1st February 2023. The update local rule is below -
69A Racing and trialling frequency
(1) In this rule:
Race has the same meaning given to this term in R9 of the GAR.
Trial means a satisfactory trial, or a qualifying trial as defined in R9 of the GAR.
(2) A greyhound will only be permitted to start in –
(a) No more than a combined total of 2 race and trial starts in any 7-day period; and,
(b) No more than a combined total of 7 race and trial starts in any 28-day period.
(3) This sub-rule commences on a date to be fixed by Stewards’ Notice.
The intent of this rule is to monitor and regulate the frequency of races and official trials of greyhounds, to ensure adequate rest time is given between events. The rule is similar to one in effect in Western Australia. We have automated the Ozchase Racing system to be able to monitor this rule. The rule is self-explanatory. A greyhound must not start more than 2 times (races or trials combined) in any 7-day period. Further, a greyhound must not start more than 7-times (races or trials combined) in any 28-day period.
Any attempt to nominate a greyhound outside these parameters will be flagged by the OzChase system. If a greyhound gains a start from reserve deeming it ineligible under this rule for its next engagement or it competes in another state prior to racing back in SA then the greyhound will come out.
**Racing Administration staff will scratch these greyhounds acting under this rule without notification. (the responsibility rests with the trainer to ensure they do not contravene this rule)
**For clarity if a greyhound races on Sunday, Wednesday then Sunday it will be eligible. The first day counts as day 1 and therefore resets on the Saturday.
GOTBA COURSING DATES
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 June 19
Sunday July 2
Sunday July 16
Sunday August 13
Sunday August 27
Sunday September 10
Sunday October 8