Angle Park Preview - Adelaide Cup 12.10.2018
by The Shadow
It’s the highlight of our racing calendar the 2018 UBET Adelaide Cup final which is race 8 on the massive 12 event programme tonight, with $75,000 going to the winner the race has 7 local performers with only the one Victorian who is in the powerful Seona Thompson kennel. We also have a Cup consolation and the 2018 Premiers Cup over the 731m, it makes for a terrific night of racing and I’m sure we can all go home on the right side of the ledger. Don’t forget all races are Trifecta and First Four events and good luck to all the Cup contenders and their owners.
Race 1 - We kick off with a tricky event and the 2 main chances look to be Mepunga Gal who will find this more to her liking and the newcomer from Darwin in Crocodile Crush who won the Darwin Cup there this year. Both should be right in the mix and are a must for our First Four. Add Dyna Adria and Jays Ace for value. Box Up 3.4.7.8.
Race 2 - The JudI Hurley kennel look to hold a strong hand in this with Emerley Express and litter mate Emerley Zero, both look to have ability and should feature in the placings. Springvale Diva is one to watch as the kennel has a good strike rate with their youngsters. Box Up 2.3.5.8.
Race 3 - This is the SA Country Cup with runners who have qualified at our country tracks as far as Mount Gambier and Port Augusta. Fantastic Chief and Reiko Rocketta went head to head last start when only a neck separated them on the line, they should both be there about again on that effort. The Jeff Guy trained Paraphernalia has very good credentials and is drawn for a bold showing from the rails. Box Up 1.2.3.5.
Race 4 - The well-travelled Lobster Hill is my pick in this event, he won here 2 starts back in 30.22 and was a handy winner over the short at Mount Gambier, he has the pace to lead and win. Cappuccino is very smart when on song and is the big danger, add Come On Enzo who will be running on strongly. Box Up 4.6.7.8.
Race 5 - The 2018 Premiers Cup over the staying journey with over $7,000 to the winner, the main chances will come from the pacey Cairnlea Jet who gets his chance to bounce back after finding a heap of trouble here last week over the sprint, he can lead from the wide draw and has carved out quick times in the past. Jeebus Bird has been ultra-consistent of late and can run a cheeky race once again. Box Up 1.4.5.8.
Race 6 - This is the Cup consolation and I like the Victorian runner Vital Force, he led them a merry dance here last week only to be run down on the line, that was his first look at the track and he should only be improved. Nations should start the punters elect as he is a flying machine when out in front, he has mixed form from this draw but is a must for the trifecta. Windmill Haze and Smart Knocka have drawn well and can’t be left out of our calculations. Box Up 1.4.7.8.
Race 7 - This is a wide open affair and it makes for a very interesting betting race; the main chances look to be the pacey Pure Ability down in box 3 the inform Game Face along with Rachel Zane who won here last week in good fashion. All 3 are a must for our First Four, add Dyna Soren for value. Box Up 1.3.7.8.
Race 8 - The 2018 UBET Adelaide Cup final and as mentioned earlier the winner gets a cheque for $75,000, good luck to all finalists as the Cup is a very prestigious event to win. The early pace will come from the Kirin Corby flying machine Fabwik who led them a merry dance here last week winning her heat in 29.48 from this draw, she has an outstanding record at this venue and will be the one they all have to catch. Real Simple is the only interstate finalist, from the powerful Thompson kennel who has won this race 3 times, and will be the big improver. He led throughout for a solid victory carving out a 29.79 gallop at his first look at the track, he could be the surprise runner at handy each way odds. Honcho Monelli for the Rasmussen kennel along with Spring Bridge from the Gregory Board team will be the two flying late and with a clear run will be right in the finish. The Ben Rawlings kennel has done a terrific job to qualify two runners and they are Bogie Bullet and Alpha Aion, both have struck form at the right time and are rough chances of pinching a place with early luck. I mentioned in last week’s article there is always a boil over in the heats and I was right on song when Master Chaos saluted, the Rehman’s have done well to qualify him but he would need enormous luck to figure. Box Up 1.3.4.8.
Race 9 - Aston Marshall is my tip in this, he flew the lids from this draw last start and went on to win by 3L in 29.92, he is in form and will hard to catch. Zinnia Monelli found early trouble last week and battled on well to only be beaten by under 2 lengths, she looks the likely improver from the better draw. Box Up 2.3.6.8.
Race 10 - This is the 600m of the night and we will stick with Stack The Aces who led and was run down in the concluding stages here last week, let’s hope he can skip away and pinch this. Phil’s Green loves this trip and proved too strong in the run home when winning in a smart 35.12 last start, he looks the big danger again. Box Up 2.3.4.5.
Race 11 - The Troy Murray kennel has He’s Okay firing of late and on last week’s run where he led throughout for a strong 29.89 win he is our top pick. Sarina Monelli is more than capable and the well-drawn Emerley Nolen are the major players for the trifecta. Box Up 2.3.6.8.
Race 12 - After a huge night of racing we can go home on a winner with the Graham Smith trained Flummoxed in box 2, his kennel has been on song with several winners last Wednesday and he can continue the good form again in this. You Dee Elle won first up here last start in 30.20 and is worth putting in our First Four along with Blessed In Black and Stitch Em Cilla. Box Up 2.3.7.8.
Best Bets
Race 6 No: 4 Vital Force
Race 8 No: 1 Fabwik
Best Each Way
Race 1 No: 3 Crocodile Crush
Race 3 No: 2 Fantastic Chief
Best Roughie
Race 9 No: 3 Chaddy Whacker
ANGLE PARK FIRST 4 JACKPOT – RACES 1 – 7 & 9 - 12
Race 1 – 7 & 9 - 12 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a First 4 Jackpot of $2,000 on each race.
ANGLE PARK FIRST 4 JACKPOT ON ADELAIDE CUP
Race 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $10,000 on the Adelaide Cup.
ANGLE PARK QUADDIE JACKPOT
Race’s 5,6,7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include an Quaddie Jackpot of $500.
IPSWICH QUADDIE JACKPOT
Race’s 5,6,7 & 8 tonight at Ipswich will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include an Quaddie Jackpot of $500.
WENTWORTH PARK FIRST 4 JACKPOT ON ALL RACES
All races tonight at Wentworth Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a First 4 Jackpot of $1,000 on all races.
MANDURAH FIRST 4 JACKPOT
Race 5 tonight at Mandurah will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $2,000.
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for October will be released next week so make sure you grab yourself a copy.
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The Man In The Tower gives his selections for tonight’s exciting night of racing at Angle Park.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 7,5,4,8
Race 2: 2,3,5,8
Race 3: 5,3,1,8
Race 4: 1,8,5,4
Race 5: 8,1,4,5
Race 6: 1,6,2,8
Race 7: 8,3,5,4
Race 8: 1,4,8,7
Race 9: 6,3,2,8
Race 10: 2,5,4,8
Race 11: 5,6,2,8
Race 12: 8,3,6,5
Best Bets: Race 12, No. 8 Blessed In Black
Each-Way: Race 4, No. 1 Goose Buzz
Roughie: Race 7, No. 5 Flyrite
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park including the Group 1 UBET Adelaide Cup Final.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 2,3,4,5
Race 2: 2,3,5,6
Race 3: 6,1,3,5
Race 4: 3,4,8,5
Race 5: 8,1,5,4
Race 6: 8,7,4,1
Race 7: 4,8,2,3
Race 8: 1,4,6,8
Race 9: 6,8,7,4
Race 10: 2,5,4,3
Race 11: 7,6,5,1
Race 12: 5,7,8,3
Best Bets: Race 5, No. 8 Cairnlea Jet
Each-Way: Race 3, No. 6 Hutch
Roughie: Race 11, No. 7 Jeanie Shiraz
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$4,820 Free For All – 515m
$3,550 Heats SA Owned Grade 5 – ($4,820 Final 25/10/18. Conditions apply)
$2,565 Grade 6 – 515m (For greyhounds who have won 1 race or Maiden Heat & Final)
$2,310 Open Maiden – 515m
$3,965 Mixed – 600m
$5,240 Free For All – 731m
Nominations close Monday 15th October with GRSA at 9.00am.
2018 UBET ADELAIDE CUP FINAL
The Group 1 UBET Adelaide Cup Final carries total prizemoney of $107,500, with the winner to receive $75,000. It will be race 8 on the program tonight and is listed to jump at 8.38pm (SA time).
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
- Fabwik Kirin Corby (SA) W $2.40 P $1.26
- Larrikin Locky Lisa Ramussen (SA) W $34.00 $5.00
- Real Simple Seona Thompson (VIC) W $4.40 $1.55
- Honcho Monelli Tony Rasmussen (SA) W $5.50 $1.70
- Bogie Bullet Ben Rawlings (SA) W $81.00 $9.00
- Alpha Aion Ben Rawlings (SA) W $8.00 $2.10
- Master Chaos Irene Rehmann (SA) W $81.00 $9.00
- Spring Bridge Greg Board (SA) W $7.50 $2.00
Gemtree Dynamo (1st Res) SCRVital Force (2nd Res) SCR
Also featured tonight will be the $10,710 Adelaide Cup Consolation, $7,375 SA Country Cup Final and the $11,435 Premier’s Cup over the 731m for the stayers.
GRSA appreciates the continuing support of GRVIC for allowing our premier night to be conducted on a Friday each year in the interests of the National Racing calendar. By GRVIC swapping one of their meetings the Group 1 UBET Adelaide Cup will gain maximum coverage to the wider community with all races being shown on Sky Racing 1 and makes for a terrific start to next weekend.
UBET ADELAIDE CUP NIGHT ARRANGEMENTS
The 2018 UBET Adelaide Cup will feature a twelve event program. Racing will commence at 6.22pm and the last race will jump at 9.55pm. The Cup will be race eight and is timed to start at 8.38pm.
After race 5 there will be two chances at the Cash Grab for oncourse patrons drawn around 7.40pm where they will have the chance at winning more than $2,000 each.
Bookmakers and tote facilities will be available under the downstairs auditorium as is usually the case for Adelaide Cup night. We will have two projector screens downstairs with plenty of tote TV’s available for punters. The Greyhound Adoption greyhounds will be on hand for a hug and a photo as well.
The UBET van will be available in front of the grandstand area near the track along with tote facilities available for patrons in Chasers restaurant on the night. Additional food outlets will be available for those not eating in Chasers along with a BBQ run by West Croydon Football Club.
There will be plenty of entertainment for families on the night with music from SLYDE, a Bouncy Castle, Tea Cup Ride and Obstacle Course along with Bean Bags and Face Painters for the kids. There will also be a “Super Hero” theme where Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman will be oncourse for the night and available for photos if they are not too busy saving the day.
Hunnies girls will feature with entry by gold coin donation to the Little Hero’s Foundation who does wonderful work in the community.
TONY RASMUSSEN CHASING TRAINER BONUS TONIGHT
Only Trainer Tony Rasmussen is alive in claiming the huge bonuses that GRSA put forward this year in support of our local Spring Racing Carnival.
If Tony can claim the Group 1 Adelaide Cup Final tonight with Honcho Monelli he will also claim a $20,000 bonus after he trained Nations to victory in the State Of Origin Match Races series two weeks ago. Good luck to Tony and Honcho in the Group 1 Adelaide Cup final.
SUPER BONUS FOR SA BRED FROM 1ST JANURAY 2018
The super-bonus scheme is premised upon 100% dividend to breeders for SA Bred greyhounds. The following updates have been approved for implementation from 1st January 2018. The super bonus will only be paid out to breeders residing in South Australia.
The following is a summary of the bonus by race:
RACE SUPER-BONUS
Adelaide Cup (515m) - G1 $12,500, Adelaide Cup (515m) – 2ND $5,000, Adelaide Cup (515m) – 3RD $2,500, Adelaide Cup finalist $1,000, BGC SA Derby (515m) – G3 $3,500, BGC SA Derby (515m) – 2ND $1,500, BGC SA Derby (515m) – 3RD $750, Coffex Coffee SA Oaks(515m) – G3 $3,500, Coffex Coffee SA Oaks(515m) – 2ND $1,500, Coffex Coffee SA Oaks(515m) – 3RD $750, Gawler Gold Cup (531m) - G3 $5,000, Mount Gambier Cup (512m) - Listed $2,500, Murray Bridge Cup (455m) - Listed $2,500, Group 1 victory (interstate) $10,000, Group 2 victory (interstate) $5,000, Group 3 victory (interstate) $2,500
The super-bonuses for interstate events will only be applied for series/events that are open entry. Events that are restricted by age or gender are eligible for the bonus. Events that are exclusively open to SA Bred runners or incorporate other restrictions, such as ‘sweepstake’ events, puppy/auction Classics and Maiden series are not eligible for the super-bonus.
2018 $14,285 DAISH IRRIGATION AND FODDER STRATHALBYN CUP HEATS ON TUESDAY
The Southern Greyhound Raceway will run heats of the 2018 Daish Irrigation & Fodder Strathalbyn Cup this Tuesday.
The Club received 40 nominations for the Cup and as a result will run 5 heats on Tuesday. The heats will feature many chances all vying for a spot in the final led by Adelaide Cup finalist Spring Bridge and last year’s winner Spring Bloom trained by Greg Board. The kennels of Troy Murray, Lauren Harris, Tony Hinrichsen, Ryan Tugwell, Tony Rasmussen and Ben Rawlings all have strong contenders which has made for a terrific farewell series. The winner from each heat and the three fastest second placegetters will qualify for the final with the next two second placegetters declared reserves. Good luck to all connections.
Tuesday’s race meeting is a Sky Racing 1 TAB fixture with racing commencing at 11.34am with the last of 11 races due to jump at 2.47pm. The Cup heats are races 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 on the programme.
The Cup is worth $14,285 with the final run on Sunday 21st October along with a $2,000 Consolation. GRSA has also added a Stayers Mixed 6/5 grade over the 762m worth $2,000 to be run on the night.
Nominations for Sunday close with GRSA at 9.00am on Wednesday 17th October.
**Please note Strathalbyn Cup final night is the final meeting for the Strathalbyn GRC before the introduction of the new Murray Bridge venue later this year.**
ACCELL THERAPY MAT TO BE USED AT TRIALS
The mat is now available in the foyer area of the Angle Park building.
GRSA in conjunction with Accell Therapy will start demonstrating the use of the Mat at Angle Park trials on Tuesday nights. Julie from Accell Therapy will be oncourse and we will advise that dates and times. It is recommended that a greyhound derives benefit with a 15 to 20 minute session and is generally for recovery from racing or injury. It will still be available during normal office hours to be used (greyhounds racing on that day excluded). Please ask the Racing Admin staff if you wish to use the mat.
TRIAL DATES FOR STRATHALBYN
All bookings for normal trials will be taken by the Club for Wednesday nights.
You can book trials via text MSG / or call Yvonne King at the Club on 0407 334 349 between 9am and 11am on the day of the trials. All qualifying trials will need to be booked through GRSA as per normal by 12.30pm on the day of the Qualy trials. GRSA thanks the support of Yvonne and the Strathalbyn GRC in regard to these changes.
The following dates are for the next trial sessions at Strathalbyn -
Wednesday 17th October (last trial session)
ANGLE PARK QUALIFYING TRIALS
Angle Park Qualifying Trials are weekly on Tuesday night, for the corresponding Monday APM meeting and the Wednesday APD meeting.
Trainers must be specific on their nominations about which day they are trialling for and what distance. (ie Wed 388m, Mon 515, Mon 600m etc)
Tuesday Angle Park Qualifying dates are:
October 16th (for APM Monday meeting on 22nd October – no APD Friday meeting on 26th October due to Time Grading meeting)
October 23rd (for APM Monday meeting on 29th October – for APD Wednesday meeting on 31st October)
Nominations close with GRSA at 12.30pm on the Tuesday of the meeting.