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20/11/2014
Racing News

Telling the Tale by the Shadow

It has been an interesting week in greyhound racing here in South Australia. We had the Strathalbyn cup last Sunday and it was fantastic to see the veteran trainer in Allan Francis win with his newcomer Black Daddy. The striking looking performer charged home to collect the bickies and will be definitely be one to follow here at headquarters in the coming weeks. Allan has always had a handy performer in his kennels over the years and has been part of the furniture at the Southern Greyhound Racing Club for as long as I can remember!!!! Yesterday there were 4 heats of the Brian Johnstone Memorial with Melbourne trainer Jeffrey Britton making a clean sweep of them all, ending up with 5 finalists in next Thursdays semi finals as he also had a runner up in the heats. Let’s get on and back a winner tonight. Good luck.

Race 1 and the pacey Blue Viper can bounce back and she can lead and win from her draw of 3. The main dangers look to be Allen Illem and Bogie Classic who is well drawn out in box 8. Box Up 1.2.3.8

The 2^nd and this is an even affair, it looks to be between three runners. I will go with All Silver in the Angela Modra kennel. An in-form chaser who is a big chance. Velocity Sapphire is well drawn down in box 1 and will be right in the mix. Box up 1.4.6.7.

The 3^rd and this is a distance affair and the well performed Zara McLaren is drawn to kick up and win again. She hasn’t missed a place in her last 4 starts and looks the measuring stick here. Add in Miss Party Girl and Handsome Blue. Box up 1.2.5.8.

Race 4 and the best dog in the race is Grande To Excel. But he is hit and miss on box rise. He would be a special if drawn closer to the fence. I will go with Illusive Allen down on the rails along with Alderley Retreat. Box Up 1.3.6.7.

The 5^th and there is a bit of pace in this race and it’s all coming from out wide. There will be one charging home and that is the Wally Harkins chaser in Aeroplane Bowser who won here Monday Night in a handy 30.11 by a big margin. Box Up 2.5.7.8 in a good betting race.

Race 6 and Ten Aces has a good turn of early speed but gets the staggers over the last 50m. Eye Smith is well drawn and the interstater loves this track. Animate will be running on along with Flying Bale. Box Up 1.2.3.6

Race 7 and this is another affair where the pace will be from out wide with the 6 and 7 runners. It appears very open with several chances. Box Up 1.6.7.8 in a good betting race.

The 8^th and Stews Mistake is back in form and carving out quick times. He is very hard to go past from box 2. Set The Scene is another along with Fancy Rick, add Wild Soul who will be rattling home late for the trifecta. Box Up 1.2.6.7.

Race 9 and this is a 600m event. It is only a small field of 5 runners and there looks to be 3 main chances. I have gone with He’s A Villian out in box 8. He is smart when on song and should be right in the mix. As It Goes has the form on the board along with Funky Chicken and they are the 3. Box up 2.4.8

Race 10 and there is a bit of pace in this and whoever steps will be hard to catch. Woodside Jagger is smart when on song along with Nevada Smith. Red Tin will be carving across from out wide. Box Up 2.3.4.7

The final event of the evening and Des Hockley has a handy one in Midway Magic. She is well drawn out in 7 and will prove hard to beat. Jeff Guy rarely leaves SA without a winner and has Brazen Bull engaged in box 6. This youngster has only missed a place once in 7 runs. Add in Vera Allen for the trifecta. Box Up 1.5.6.7

Best Bet Race 3 Zara Mclaren Box 1

Best Each Way Race 5 Aeroplane Bowser Box 5

Best Roughie Race 6 Ten Aces Box 8

JACKPOTS TODAY

ANGLE PARK TREBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 6,7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Treble Jackpot of $6,180.

ALBION PARK QUADRELLA JACKPOT
Race’s 5,6,7 & 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Quadrella Jackpot of $7,360.

HOBART DAILY DOUBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 7 & 8 tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Daily Double Jackpot of $1,934.

ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY

Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –

$4,800 Semi Finals Brian Johnstone – 515m (Heats 19/11/14, Group 3 Final 4/12/14. Conditions apply)

$3,065 Grade 5 Bitches Only – 515m

$2,350 SA Bred Grade 6 – 515m

$3,650 Grade 4/5 – 600m

$4,800 FFA – 731m

Nominations close Monday 24^thNovember at 9.00am with GRSA

BOY FROM THE BUSH
Selections for tonight’s exciting 11 event card of racing at Angle Park -
First 4 selections –
race one 3/2/5/1
race two              1/6/4/8
race three 1/2/7/4
race four             7/3/6/1
race five      2/7/8/1
race six       2/6/1/3
race seven   4/6/1/8
race eight       1/7/5/6
race nine     2/4/8/6
race ten      4/3/1/5

race eleven 7/2/6/3

Best Bet – Race 9 No 2 Funky Chicken

Best Eachway – Race 2 No 4 Dyna Drama

Best Roughie – Race 11 No 3 One Winta

LOCAL INDUSTRY NEWS

STRATHALBYN NEWS

2014 DAISH IRRIGATION & FODDER STRATHALBYN CUP FINAL

A hot field lined up on Sunday night for the running of the 2014 Daish Irrigation & Fodder Strathalbyn Cup final. Woodnear for Paul Barry was sent out the favourite from his favourable box 3 position however there was good support for the Allan Francis trained Black Daddy and the Troy Murray trained Kalden Balerion. As the start was effected Who’s Doing What trained in the South East by Tracie Price exploded from box 5 to carve across and lead with Woodnear slotting into a nice position just off heels to the inside of Charter for Lauren Harris with kennel mate Blue Viper railing and Black Daddy lobbing midfield. Into the back straight Woodnear pushed up on the inside of Who’s Doing What to take the lead with Blue Viper nice and handy and Black Daddy making ground out wide on the track. As eyes turned for home Woodnear began to paddle in front with Who’s Doing What railing and Blue Viper out three wide. Black Daddy had been making steady ground however he moved to the extreme outside in the home straight and flashed home to grab the leaders and the Strathalbyn Cup crown. He rated a slick 31.48 for the 536m journey defeating Blue Viper and Who’s Doing What who both battled on strongly. Woodnear looked to be in trouble in the home straight and received a check half way down to finish at the rear of the field. It was Black Daddy’s second run in South Australia since coming from New South Wales after running third in the heat last week and capturing the $7,000 first prize on Sunday night. It was a terrific training performance by Allan Francis to claim the Cup with Black Daddy after only a limited time in SA. Black Daddy has now won 12 races from 42 starts and 11 placings with prizemoney just under $30,000.

Other features on the program were the SA Country Cup won my Morgan McLaren for Tania Forster representing the Strathalbyn track and Apocal Bale for Tony Rasmussen won the Strathalbyn Cup Consolation.

The Les Newton Trophy Grade 6 over 536m will be run on the 30^th November when Les will be able to attend and present the trophy after a short stint in hospital.

Strathalbyn trials will now be run on Friday night with Strathalbyn racing on Sundays however the exception to this will be Friday 5^th December when there will be NO trials, instead they will be run on Wednesday 3^rd December.

MURRAY BRIDGE NEWS

Please Note MURRAY BRIDGE WILL NOT be trialing on SUNDAYS due to Strathalbyn Racing on SUNDAYS>>>> Trials are now held on SATURDAY MORNINGS, from 9 am to 10.30 am It required later times Bookings MUST be sent via Telephone or email to[email protected].

FREE INDUSTRY SEMINAR

Greyhound Racing SA is pleased announce a terrific line up for it’s free Industry Seminar to be held at Chasers Restaurant, Angle Park on Friday 5^th December 2014.

Speakers on the day will include –

Introducion by Michael Fabbro - GRSA Chairman
David Batty - Racing Analytical Services Laboratory Director
Paul Westerveld - leading Victorian Breeder and Stud Master
Linda Beer - Greyhound Racing Victoria Animal Welfare Manager
Tony Brett - leading Queensland Group 1 winning Trainer

The seminar will start at 11.00am with each guest speaking for around 30 minutes. Lunch will be provided during the day along with refreshments at the conclusion of the seminar. There will be plenty of opportunity for industry participants to speak one on one with our guests during the course of the day.

Bookings will be at a premium with only 150 spots available so please contact the Greyhound Racing SA administration to make a booking on

08 8243 7100. Remember, this is a free event.

As an added incentive on the day Tony Brett has kindly donated a free service to his star chaser Glen Gallon, valued at $1,100, as a special door prize to be drawn on the day.

ONLINE NOMINATIONS – CHANGES NEXT WEEK

On Tuesday next week the Online Nominations will be updated by Ozchase to accommodate nominations into to two different states. This change will probably not affect our participants however just be mindful there may be some slight changes when logging on and nominating so it would be recommended to give yourself 5-10 more minutes when nominating.

The Online Nominations User Guide has been updated on the GRSA website in the Kennel House section so please update yourself with the procedures.

BRIAN JOHNSTONE HEATS

Yesterday (Wednesday) at Angle Park we saw the running of four heats of the 2014 Brian Johnstone (Group Three) series. We had 26 final nominations with Jeff Britton dominating winning all four heats and a second with his five runners engaged.

The results of the Heats were:

Heat 1 – Oakvale Flyer (29.65)

Heat 2 – Oakvale Destiny (29.68)

Heat 3 – Weblec Belle (29.84)

Heat 4 – Texas Titan (29.79)

From this week’s heats, we come down to two Semi-Finals next Thursday night 27^th November.

Prizemoney for each round is:

Heats $1,900 (inc. $200 Breeder bonus)

Semis $4,800 (Inc. $500 Breeder bonus)

Final $36,500

The breakdown for the Brian Johnstone Memorial will be: Total $36,500, First $25,000 (inc $1,000 to breeder), Second $6,500, Third $3,250 and Unplaced $350. The Final will be run on Thursday 4^th December.

The final part of this series will be the Gawler Classic 2014 to be run in January 2015.

MELBOURNE CUP FINAL TOMORROW TONIGHT

What a great night of racing it will be Interstate tomorrow night with the running of the $600,000 Group 1 TAB Melbourne Cup Final being run on a Friday night for the first time. Darren McDonald has a two pronged attack with race favourite Keybow drawn perfectly in box 1 and Awesome Project out of box 4. The race is full of quality and the value looks to be Rob Brittons Above All out of box 3 and Dyna Villa for Jenny Hunt who has an outstanding record from box 8. This race is one not to be missed.

The other feature on the night is the Group 1 Bold Trease Carnival Cup for the stayers. This race does look to be a great race on paper however superstar Sweet It Is should claim another feature race and pocket the $100,000 first prize. The supporting program is also outstanding including the Cup Night Sprint which features Group 1 quality greyhounds in My Bro Fabio and Allen Deed.

ANNUAL GRADING REVIEW PANEL MINUTES

The minutes from the Grading Review Panel meeting which met a few weeks ago have been sent to the panel members for their approval. Shortly GRSA will notify participants of the meeting outcomes and time frames regarding implementation with the view that by 1^st January 2014 a comprehensive grading policy will be released and any new grading rules implemented.

2015 GAWLER PRODUCE PAYMENT FINAL NUMBERS
The Payments for the 2015 Produce Stake were extended and then closed on Friday 14^th November with a handy result of 121 greyhounds after the first payment which was down slightly on last years result of 140. The second sustaining payment will be required on Friday 30^th January 2015 with the final payment on Friday 3^rd April 2015 if you haven’t already paid up for the whole series. For any further details please contact Caralyn Fielden at GRSA.

*The Produce-Gawler Gold Cup Bonus will jackpot if Regal Looper cannot win the Gawler Gold Cup in February 2015; the bonus will stand at a massive $12,000.*

GAWLER TO STOP RACING FOR 6 WEEKS DUE TO RE-DEVELOPMENT

With the Gawler venue progressing there will be 6 weeks in late November to early January that we will not be able to race at the Gawler venue for the final stages of development. The last meeting at Gawler will be on Tuesday 25^th November and then will return to racing on Tuesday 6^th January.

Date changes are listed below –

Friday Day 28^th November Strathalbyn nowMt Gambier

Sunday Twilight 30^th November Gawler now Strathalbyn

Tuesday Day 2^nd December Gawler now Angle Park

Sunday Twilight 7^th December Gawler now Strathalbyn

Tuesday Day 9^th December Gawler now Angle Park

Friday Day 12^th December Strathalbyn now Mt Gambier

Sunday Twilight 14^th December Gawler nowStrathalbyn

Tuesday Day 16^th December Gawler now Angle Park

Sunday Twilight 21^st December Gawler now Strathalbyn

Tuesday Day 23^rd December Gawler nowAngle Park

Friday Day 26^th December Strathalbyn now Angle Park

Sunday Twilight 28^th December Gawler now Strathalbyn

Tuesday Day 30^th December Gawler nowAngle Park

Sunday Twilight 4^th January Gawler now Strathalbyn

Strathalbyn will race every Sunday Twilight during this period

Mount Gambier will race their normal Friday Sunday weekly rotation however they will have two meetings the week of November 28 & 30 and December 12 & 14

Angle Park will race every Tuesday during this period. These meetings will be Provincial 2 for Grading purposes the same as Wednesday meetings. The Tuesday meetings will be Finish On Lure meetings with the Wednesday meetings being Catching Pen. The prizemoney for Tuesday and Wednesday will be Category 2 during this period (ie Grade 5 = $1,400). There will be a mixture of all distances programmed.

Greyhounds eligible for Grade 6 events at Gawler during this period will be able to run at Angle Park on Tuesday ONLY for either Gawler Provincial 1 or Gawler Provincial 2 Grade 6’s. (Trainers MUST make this clear on your nomination form or else the grader will grade your greyhound into a normal graded event)

The Angle Park meeting on Friday 26^th December will be a City B meeting for grading purposes and Category 2 for prizemoney (ie Grade 5 = $1,400). This meeting will feature normal races programmed on a Monday night

GRSA appreciates the patience of the Industry during this time while the Gawler project enters the final stages of completion.

NO TRIALS AT GAWLER DUE TO REDEVELOMENT FROM 26^TH NOVEMBER

Commencing from the 26^th November 2014 there will be NO trials conducted at Gawler until further notice while work is being carried out at the venue.

GRSA will conduct an extra trial session at Angle Park on Monday mornings to accommodate the Gawler redevelopment. This will start on Monday 1^st December from 7.30am until 9.30am. These trials will be Finish On Lure trials only with no bookings required.

There will be NO trials at Angle Park on Saturday 27^th December during the Xmas/New Year break.

AGRC NEWS

LUCKY DRAW

We have done a new lucky dog draw for the new year and it is listed later in this document, it started on Thursday 13^th November.

Reminder on how it works, this year we have drawn 4 names for each week’s Thursday race 8, next to each name is the box number of the dog you have drawn in Race 8. If your box number happens to win Race 8, you can renew your membership next year (30^th June) for half price. We have drawn 8 names on the night of the AGRC Xmas dinner, so some one has to win that night.

If you happen to own or train greyhounds racing on the date that your name has been drawn, you can choose to have your dogs drawn instead of the lucky box number and it works the same if your dog drawn happens to win. It is up to you to notify an AGRC committee member on the night that you want to take up this option and we will randomly draw one of your dogs competing on the night.

AGRC Committee members are Alan Amezdroz, Barry Stewart, Petar Jovanovic, Natalie Bailey, Gabe Vistolli and Gavin Harris.

AGRC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The annual general meeting for the Adelaide Greyhound Racing Club will be held on Sunday 23rd November, 2014, starting at 10:30 am in the Sportsman bar at McQueens Tavern. After the meeting is completed members in attendance will be provided a meal and drinks. Please come along to discuss club initiatives and give the management committee direction on what they would like us to undertake in the coming year.

AGRC XMAS FUNCTION

The AGRC committee has booked 120 places at Chasers Restaurant on Thursday 11th December, for our annual Xmas function. All members and their partners are welcome. The club pays for the buffet and provides drink vouchers for you both on the night. If you wish to bring extra guests that is fine but any guests will pay the normal price for the buffet. If you could please advise Gavin Harris 0418853111 or email [email protected], or Natalie Bailey 0417855532 or email [email protected] by the 4th of December, so we can finalise the numbers. This is great value for all members, so we encourage you all to come along. On the night the AGRC committee will be conducting some raffles and seat prizes as well and it is always a good, fun night.

NEW RED VESTS A BIG HIT

After terrific feedback from the Industry the new red vests are being distributed to all of our tracks to be used as the main apparel for participants. Participants are able to purchase their very own red vets for $20 however GRSA will still always have some available. These vets look very smart and come up particularly well on Sky Racing promoting SA Racing so with that in mind the long parade coats will be phased out of action with participants required to have a black or navy jumper available to be worn under the vests.

An implementation date for Red Vests to be the only apparel used will be advised shortly.

HOT WEATHER POLICY

A reminder to trainers with the hot weather coming to make sure they are aware of the updated conditions relating to the Hot Weather Policy. This policy is available on the GRSA website and also at the track.

PRIZEMONEY INCREASES

In response to better than expected first quarter returns from wagering on South Australian greyhound racing product by national wagering operators, the Board of GRSA has resolved to make an additional allocation to industry returns for the current year. With effect from November 10, the returns for Category 2 racing – which currently includes Monday night meetings at Angle Park and Tuesdays at Gawler – will increase by an average of 15% across all grades. Allowing for the previous increases announced in July, this decision takes the total increase to industry returns in 2014-15 to more than $370,000 equating to 6% growth on the previous year.

Additional funding will also be provided to Strathalbyn, Mt Gambier, Port Augusta and the GOTBA to remove their dependence upon the charging of nomination fees for race meetings at those venues. This initiative will not only satisfy a key objective within the 2012 Strategic Plan, but also reflects the Board’s belief that such charges represent an unreasonable burden on our participants. On the basis of the current arrangements, the removal of nomination fees will result in an annual saving of $50,000 to participants at those venues.

The following changes to category 2 stakemoney and the removal of all nomination fees will take effect from Monday 10^th November, 2014.

KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH

The monthly Kennel Capers for November was released two 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. For up to the minute information provide GRSA with your mobile phone details for text message updates for all Industry news.