Angle Park Preview - 21st January 2021
ANGLE PARK PREVIEW - 21st January 2021
By The Shadow
We have a strong 11 event programme ahead of us tonight here at headquarters with the high light being the final of the John Gray over the sprint for grade 5 performers (race 8), it certainly appears a wide-open affair on paper and good luck to all connections. As usual all races are Trifecta and First Four events.
Race 1 - We will kick start the night with Victa Grosso in the Rasmussen kennel, he has only had the two starts both in Victoria and looks well placed for his SA debut. Fire Strike was a good run here last week when 2nd and will only be improved by the run. Box Up 1.2.4.5
Race 2 - Rugged And Ready found a heap of trouble here last start, he handles a wide draw and gets his chance tonight. Sutton Daisy has been hit and miss on lid rise of late, if she is able to lead she would prove hard to beat. Add Hali’s Girl who could hunt up from the rails draw and run a cheeky race. Box Up 1.2.7.8
Race 3 - This is the 600m of the night and we will go with Helen's Teddy down in box two, she was a huge run over the sprint here last start when 2nd behind Yarindale, the extra distance will be a bonus and she should be at each way odds. Barbados Express has won her past two over this trip and is drawn for a bold showing again. Box Up 1.2.4.8
Race 4 - Coorong Lucy has returned in terrific fashion, she led throughout last week winning the SA Sprint final by 3.50L in a slick 29.52, she is very hard to tip against. Shadow Mist improved when 2nd in last weeks final, he is a class act when on song and can’t be overlooked. Rushes and Jacks Well for the First Four. Box up 1.4.5.8
Race 5 - There looks to be several chances here so we will go with the well-drawn Bedrock Fred down in box 1, he has been racing well and has been in the money at his five runs at this venue. Gemtree Maximus was impressive winning on debut in 30.03, looks to have a handy future and is a must for our Trifecta. Victa Saige is still learning and the draw brings her right into the mix. Box up 1.2.5.6
Race 6 - I like the inside four here with Major Havoc our top selection, he will find this more to his liking and was placed behind Coorong Lucy last start and will be charging home. Threaten can be hit and miss but his recent form is more than handy. Power Stone and the pacey Like A Librarian for the First Four. Box Up 1.2.3.4
Race 7 - Veteran trainer Richard Pearce puts the polish on Ned’s Chance, he was a last start winner at Gawler in a BOD 30.61 charging home to score over Threaten, he is racing well at looks amongst the main chances. Master Chaos is capable of surprising on his night as is My Boy Bean at huge odds. Box Up 1.3.5.7
Race 8 - This is the Final of the John Gray and Ben Rawlings has a big chance with the inform Diorite Fire, he led them a merry dance here last week from box 8 to win in 29.94, he can be tardy early which is his down fall but should settle forward from the draw and be hard to beat. Zipping Sullivan had plenty of support at his debut when winning in 30.14, he will only improve and is the danger. Classic McLaren and Lily Pad for the minors. Box Up 2.4.5.8
Race 9 - Heckle Me has handy Murray Bridge form, he has won his past two there leading throughout and if he brings that form to town will be the one to beat. Rock It Fabio is yet to win at this venue, he will be right in the finish and is well drawn. Full Flight has only had the two runs since crossing the border he must be kept safe. Box Up 1.2.4.8
Race 10 - This is the distance affair of the night and Miss Bellawood looks extremely hard to toss in this, she should lead and run them off their paws early. Raylene Bale is in form and can run into the placings along with Joe's Gold who has handy 600m form. Box up 2.4.7.8
Race 11 - American Man is very strong and should go close from the draw. Another Storm also looks a top hope and with Just Madge. Box Up 1.2.5.8
Best Bets
Race 4, No: 4 - Coorong Lucy
Race 6, No: 3 - Major Havoc
Best Each Way
Race 3, No: 2 - Helen’s Teddy
Race 5, No: 1 - Bedrock Fred
GRSA TEXT SERVICE
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KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for January was released today 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.
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$8,580 Doug Payne SA Bred Feature (N/P) – 515m (Free For All. SA Bred Only)
$2,985 Juvenile – 515m
$5,120 Free For All – 600m (NP – Grade 5 must nominate to be considered)
$5,120 FFA – 731m
Nominations close Monday 25th January with GRSA at 9.00am.
GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR ON SATURDAY 30TH JANURAY AT ANGLE PARK THIS YEAR
The date has been set for the Greyhound of the Year function at Angle Park this year on Saturday night, 30th January 2021.
The venue has been moved to Angle Park this year to allow more room under Government guidelines due to COVID restrictions. The GOTY awards night is always a great night and this is anticipated to be extremely exciting with so many fantastic greyhounds vying for the top award. It’s a night not to be missed. Book your table ASAP - $60 per head or $500 for a table of 10. Phone 8243 7150.
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s excellent night of racing at Angle Park.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 2,5,4,8
Race 2: 1,2,8,7
Race 3: 2,1,4,8
Race 4: 4,5,8,1
Race 5: 6,3,1,2
Race 6: 1,3,2,8
Race 7: 8,3,4,5
Race 8: 2,3,7,5
Race 9: 7,1,2,4
Race 10: 2,7,4,5
Race 11: 2,7,1,5
Best Bets: Race 8, No. 2 - Diorite Fire
Each-Way: Race 6, No. 1 - Power Stone
Roughie: Race 11, No. 2 - Velocity Dory
LOCAL NEWS
JOHN GRAY FINAL TONIGHT
After four terrific heats last Thursday night we are in for another great edition of the John Gray Grade 5 feature. Heat winners were –
Heat 1 – Diorite Fire 29.94
Heat 2 – Zipping Sullivan 30.14
Heat 3 – Lily Pad 30.24
Heat 4 – Classic McLaren 29.91
Tonights $8.580 John Gray Feature final will be Race 8 tonight due to be run at 9.04pm (SA Time).
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
- Zipping Cola SCR
- Diorite Fire Ben Rawlings
- Canya Go Wild Paul Bodsworth
- Zipping Sullivan Tim Aloisi
- Lily Pad Lisa Rasmussen
- Springvale Arge Ray Murray
- Zipping Trent Damien Bates
- Classic McLaren Tania Foster
- Ebby Cruiser (Box 1) Rob Harnas
- Sentinel McLaren SCR
JOHN GRAY FEATURE - Previous Winners
1995 BENS SCANDAL J Oehme 30.12
1997 BUNDORAN W Rosmann 30.11
1998 GIVEN TALENT G Curyer 30.52
1999 KOBIE BALE C Wachtel 30.07
2000 PLATO BALE M Payne 30.11
2001 CELTIC BALE T Rasmussen 29.97
2002 MISS BOSSY L Cahalan 29.82
2003 ROB’S SPOT C Cotton 29.94
2004 EXPLOSIVE FLASH P Barry 29.41
2005 TAHMIA C Cotton 30.15
2006 NIRIMBA BELLE P Luxton 29.88
2007 POLARIS BALE N Rooney 29.99
2008 LEICA GOLDEN BOY P Jovanovic 29.80
2009 MANHATTAN ANGEL L Cahalan 29.94
2010 ASTON RACHAEL T Murray 29.63
2011 KALDEN MAYHEM T Murray 29.36
2012 LORENZO O Chegia 30.29
2013 GRAINNE O’MALLEY R Mackellar 29.78
2014 WILD SOUL Kim Johnstone 29.92
2015 MY PARTY Ray Murray 29.90
2016 ARE ATE Michele Famiglietti 29.75
2017 GUN MCBAIN Todd Kelly 30.12
2018 ASHOM MONELLI Tony Rasmussen 30.04
2019 LONG GULLY GUS Paula Hearnden 30.03
2020 AWESOME CATCH Robert Camilleri 29.77
DOUG PAYNE SA BRED FEATURE NEXT THURSDAY – NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY
The $8,580 Doug Payne SA Bred Feature Free For All will be on Thursday, January 28th.
The race is for SA Bred greyhounds only and is Non Penalty. It would be great to ensure this prestigious race has sufficient nominations to be conducted.
• Nominations close Monday, 25th January at 9.00am.
MT GAMBIER SUNDAY 24TH JANUARY MEETING MOVED TO AN EARLIER START
Please note that the Mt Gambier meeting on Sunday, 24 January has been moved to an early start due to the excessive heat forecast in that region.
The first race is scheduled at 10.31am with kennelling 9.15am – 10am
GAWLER SUNDAY MEETING 24TH JANUARY CANCELLED
Please note the meeting scheduled for Sunday, 24th January at Gawler has been cancelled due to the excessive heat forecast in that region.
This has given trainers the opportunity to nominate for future meetings.
The SA Owned Grade 5 Final over 400m which was to be held at the meeting will now be moved to the following Sunday, 31st January. Qualifiers were –
Heat 1 –
1st Emerley Elusive
2nd Bradley Tyson
3rd Making Dough
Heat 2 –
1st Our Katie Rose
2nd Burnt Gold
3rd Motor City Fury
1st Res – 4th Peter Lee 23.28
2nd Res – 4th In The Clear 23.71
ANGLE PARK TRIALS ON SUNDAY
The Angle Park trials are programmed for this Sunday morning however with hot weather forecast GRSA suggests that if trainers do not need to trial their dogs then look to other trial dates.
GRSA will continue to monitor the warm weather over the next few days.
G-SIX IN RACE NAMES
GRSA over the past few years have been highlighting the G-SIX races in the race names, however, this can have an effect on sponsors names, heat and final titles in the race book and on the website being cut off.
With it accepted that GRSA runs a mixture of 6 dog fields and 8 dog fields generally we will remove the G-SIX from the race name.
FINALISTS FOR THE 2020 TAB SA GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR
The Greyhound of the Year Selection Panel met recently and determined the Finalists for the 2020 TAB SA Greyhound of the Year.
The panel members will now cast their individual votes on the title, with the winner announced at the Awards Dinner at Angle Park on Saturday 30th January. The Greyhound of the Year Panel members are also voting on other awards including the SA Bred GOTY, SA Distance GOTY , SA Sprinting GOTY, SA Short Course GOTY and SA Bred & SA Owned Interstate greyhound to be announced at the Awards Dinner.
The GOTY Finalists are:
COORONG LUCY
2020 Starts 25-1sts 19, 2nds 0, 3rds 2
(Worm Burner x Molly Be Nimble)
(SA Bred) Owner – Cameron & Yvonne Butcher
Trainer – Cameron Butcher
2020 Prizemoney $89,700
GOLDEN NIGHT
2020 Starts 18-1sts 9, 2nds 4, 3rds 0
(Go Wild Teddy x Hilary)
Owner – George Kairouz
Trainer – Troy Murray
2020 Prizemoney $73,755
MAJOR MAJOR
2020 Starts 42-1sts 24, 2nds 7, 3rds 2
(Fernando Bale x Split Image)
Owner – George Kairouz
Trainer – Troy Murray
2020 Prizemoney $89,035
SHADOW MIST
2020 Starts 18-1sts 13, 2nds 1, 3rds 1
(Dyna Double One x Diva’s Shadow)
Owner – Where’s Ted Syndicate – Mgr Sharon Crowe
Trainer – Lauren Harris
2020 Prizemoney $53,800
SIR TRUCULENT
2020 Starts 46-1sts 28, 2nds 8, 3rds 3
(Worm Burner x Establish)
(SA Bred) Owner – Wally Harkins
Trainer – Wally Harkins
2020 Prizemoney $145,350
2021 GAWLER PRODUCE SECOND PAYMENT DUE 29TH JANUARY
After nominations were finalised for the 2021 Gawler Produce GRSA has guaranteed final stakemoney of $22,000 with an estimate for the total series prizemoney around $40,000. The series is for greyhounds whelped in 2019.
The racing dates for this series will be Heats on Sunday, 20th June 2021, Semi Finals on Sunday, 27th June 2021 and the Final on Sunday, 4th July 2021.
GRSA administers the event for the Gawler Club, so all payments are to be made to GRSA. If you have already made the one off payment then there is nothing more to do, however, if you only made the first payment the second lot of payments are due on Friday, 29th January 2021 with the third and final payment due on Friday, 2nd April 2021.
The paperwork has been sent out so you should be receiving them in the post.
SATURDAY MORNING FORTNIGHTLY MEETINGS
We introduced the fortnightly Saturday morning meeting at Angle Park with these meetings being Time Graded with alternate conditions as this is the biggest group or greyhounds.
The next meeting will be this Saturday, 23rd January the following meeting will be on Saturday, 6th February which will be a Timed Graded Meeting-“Worst to Best” rating. Greyhounds graded into 3 categories. Maidens, 1-4 wins & 5 or more wins. Specific grades of greyhounds are not considered except for Maidens. Races–N/P with Pathway Prizemoney. Reserves will be determined by Grader. There will be No Guarding. Refer to “Time Based Grading” published conditions.
$850 Six Fastest Forward (5+ Wins) Heats – 388m (Max 4 Heats - $1,700 Final Monday 15/2/21. Selected from Worst to Best of this category. Final field will be a 6-dog field plus reserves, comprising of the greyhounds running the fastest times in the Heats, regardless of their finishing position in those Heats)
• Nominations close Tuesday, 2nd February at 9.00am.
MOUNT GAMBIER TO RACE TWICE A WEEK FROM JANUARY
With Victorian trainers now eligible to nominate for Mount Gambier this will allow the resumption of two weekly race meetings per week at Mount Gambier, with both Thursday and Sunday meetings being included in the Sky schedule this month.
The Thursday meetings will be Time Graded events (Maidens, 1-4 wins and 5+ wins) with only 400m plus events programmed and the Sunday meetings will be the normal graded meetings with the new 305m distance included under specific conditions.
With the resumption of two weekly meetings from the beginning of January 2021, GRSA has reverted the prizemoney levels at Mount Gambier back to the current Category 3 levels with a movement back to G-SIX across both meetings where possible.
305M START AT MOUNT GAMBIER FROM 24TH JANUARY
The 305m start will come into effect at Mount Gambier this Sunday, 24th January. The Club has programmed Maiden Heats over 305m sponsored by Razza Racing, open to all Maiden greyhounds of any age. They will then progress to the Final on Sunday, 31st January with the Club appreciative of the sponsorship.
The Club will then revert back to normal conditions that they had for the 277m for the 305m with -
Only two 305m races on Sundays, one for young Maiden greyhounds with the youngest greyhounds gaining entry first based on age. There will also be a Masters 305m with eligible greyhounds being selected on age with the oldest given first preference. Masters conditions is the same as races conducted in the Metro area with greyhounds 3¾ years and above eligible. (Masters can start on 31st January if sufficient nominations)
GRSA and the Mount Gambier GRC strongly recommend trainers nominate for multiple distances to ensure they do not miss out on a run at any meeting.
It is anticipated the 732m start will be available from 11th February.
Any changes to this schedule will be communicated to the industry via the normal channels.
SOME ITEMS FROM GRP
The items below come from the recent Grading Review Panel meeting with an implementation date advised.
There are other items from the meeting that are currently in the process of being changed and an implementation date will then be determined.
Mixed Masters – Grading –
It was recommended to the panel that if a Mixed Masters is programmed the Grade 5 dogs will be mixed if there is Grade 4 and Grade 3 dogs linking together like normal grading. If there are Grade 2 and 3 dogs and then Grade 5 dogs only a Grade 5 Masters will be conducted under normal conditions as these cannot be linked. If there is enough to run a high grade Mixed Masters (ie Grade 2/3 & 4) we will do that and not include Grade 5 unless they nominate specifically for this programmed event. Effective immediately
Policy Interstate Greyhounds - Summary of change’s for the greyhounds career
Interstate greyhounds racing in SA for the first time will be Grade 5 at all tracks and distances, unless they meet the following criteria, which would then see them, being upgraded to Grade 4 at all tracks and distances:
- 5+ metropolitan full stakes wins
- $75,000 in prizemoney
Interstate greyhounds racing in SA for the first time and meet the following criteria, will be upgraded to Grade 3 at all tracks and distances:
- Group 1 & 2 winners over a similar distance in the past 6 months
The grader has ultimate discretion in applying the above upgrade rule, and may choose to keep a greyhound at Grade 5 level if one or more of the following apply:
- The form of the greyhound is poor enough to warrant it remaining at Grade 5
- The greyhound is a masters greyhound (4yo+)
- The distance the greyhound is nominating for is outside the greyhound’s normal distance range
Greyhounds that have left SA to race interstate to race for 3 months or more, will be subject to the above upgrade rules upon their return. However any grade that was established at a particular track and distance prior to their departure from SA will be retained in the last 6 months.
This will replace the greyhounds winning a Metro Grade policy for assessment in SA.
This will not affect the Grade 6 policy and the SA Ownership Proof of purchase policy.