Angle Park Preview - Thursday 19th July
by The Shadow
The highlight of tonight’s 10 event programme is a very smart Champion Puppy Final which is race 8 on the card, with over $7,000 to the winner it certainly is a wide open affair and it should make for a terrific betting race. The three 600m events are races 4, 9 and 10 and without much rain tonight we might see some handy times carved out, as usual all races are Trifecta and First Four and in recent weeks we have been on the right side of ledger.
Race 1 - There look to be several chances in this and the two main hopes should be Cairnlea Jet and Dyna Vagrant, both are quick early and have been in terrific form. Bella Trix led everywhere bar the winning post here last week and is drawn to run a cheeky race again. Box Up 1.2.6.8.
Race 2 - Waterloo Kate should start the punters elect in this, she was run down here last start when 2nd behind Goober Brown but should prove very hard to beat. Love Made Me was a good winner here last start when led throughout for a very strong win from box 3 in 30.24, the Troy Murray trained youngster will be right in the mix again. Box Up 4.6.7.8.
Race 3 - Nathan Wilson has a handy team at the moment and Oakvale Warrior will be very hard to beat if he comes out running, he has won in smart times here in the past so we will put him on top. Do The Hokey has been racing well over the short course and should be in this for a long way, add Oh Jay Korie who has impressed since crossing the border. Box Up 3.4.5.8.
Race 4 - This is the first of the 600m and a very smart one at that, Zudactyl Monelli was a last start winner over the 731m in good time, looks the measuring stick in this with is perfect record of 3 from 3 at this trip all in quick times. Aston Abbott is another with a great record and appears the main danger. Box Up 1.2.4.8.
Race 5 - This is the Open event of the night and the main chances for mine are all drawn of the track, Cairnlea Kenny fell here last start and is a big chance with moderate beginners drawn on his inside, he might be able to cross the field and lead. Honcho Monelli continues to miss the start but he will be flying home as usual and can never be left out of calculations, add in Alpha Aion for the Trifecta. Box Up 2.5.6.7.
Race 6 - Pure Ability looks one of the better bets of the night on his recent efforts, he has won his past 2 here both in quick times and loves a rail draw. Lektra Viki hasn’t missed a cheque in her last 5 starts and should be able to fill a placing once again. Box Up 1.3.4.7.
Race 7 - The pacey Long Gully Josh looks a big chance in this on his recent form, he has won 4 of his past 5 here and Gawler and with moderate beginners around him he should jump straight to the front. Mr. Arjay and Mepunga Georgia are racing well and can run into the placings. Box Up 2.3.4.7.
Race 8 - This is the Champion Puppy Final and how open is this so it’s a terrific race for a Trifecta and First Four punters, the main chances look to be the outside four. The Mike Giniotis pair Victa Caleb and Victa Ashley both won well here last week in good fashion and should be right in the mix, add in Shima Breeze who is the likely improver along with Agent Thirteen who will need to ping the lids so he can cross the inside brigade for the minors. Box Up 5.6.7.8
Race 9 - Lauren Harris should go home a winner with Max Jake here over the 600m, he has found trouble in recent runs here but can atone tonight in the small field. Bombastic Tim will appreciate the extra distance and is well drawn down on the rails. Box Up 1.2.4.6.
Race 10 - This looks a 2-dog affair with Spring Spinner who won here last week in a slick 35.11 and Zambora Tyler who has been runner up here at his 2 SA starts, both are racing well and should run the Quinella. Zoro Bale and Destini Rocket can run into the First Four. Box Up 1.2.4.6.
Best Bets
Race 4 No 2 Zudactyl Monelli
Race 6 No 1 Pure Ability
Best Each Way
Race 5 No 2 Alpha Aion
Best Roughie
Race 2 No 4 St. Regis
ANGLE PARK TRIFECTA JACKPOT
Race 1 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Trifecta Jackpot of $2,000.
ANGLE PARK FIRST 4 JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $5,000.
ALBION PARK QUINELLA JACKPOT
Race 4 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Quinella Jackpot of $4,088.
HOBART TRIFECTA JACKPOT ON ALL RACES
All races tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Trifecta Jackpot of $1,000 on all races.
GRSA TEXT SERVICE
Participants are reminded if they have not already done so to provide GRSA with your mobile phone number so text messages can get sent updating the most current information in the industry.
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for July was released last week 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.
The Boy from the Bush give us all the tips for tonight’s terrific night of racing at Angle Park including the 2018 Cinderella’s Commercial Cleaning Champion Puppy Final.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 2,3,8,5
Race 2: 6,1,3,7
Race 3: 5,4,3,1
Race 4: 2,4,8,7
Race 5: 7,2,6,4
Race 6: 1,3,5,7
Race 7: 10,2,1,8
Race 8: 2,5,8,6
Race 9: 1,4,2,6
Race 10: 7,1,2,5
Race 11: 7,3,8,2
Race 12: 7,2,1,5
Best Bet: Race 10, No. 7 Zambora Tyler
Each-Way: Race 8, No. 2 Time’s Right
Roughie: Race 2, No 6 Pool Hall
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$4,820 Restricted Wins Feature Final – 600m (0-4 wins only. Heats 19/7/18)
$3,350 Grade 5 Masters – 515m (Masers Conditions Apply)
$2,765 SA Bred Grade 6 – 515m
$2,310 Open Maiden – 515m
$5,240 Free For All – 731m
Nominations close Monday 23rd July at 9.00am with GRSA
2018 CINDERELLA’S COMMERCIAL CLEANING CHAMPION PUPPY FINAL TONIGHT
After two exciting heats were conducted last Thursday night at Angle Park we have an outstanding Champion Puppy final tonight.
The first heat last week was taken out by the Mike Giniotis trained Victa Ashely who led most of the way defeating Shima Breeze and Agent Thirteen in a slick 29.94. In the second heat Victa Caleb made it a Giniotis double when he raced clear in the middle stages to defeat Time’s Right and Castle Rock in a solid 30.19. With all the fancied runners progressing from last week’s heats it makes for a tight and even contest tonight. The $10,710 Champion Puppy final will be run at 9.19pm (SA time) and will be race 8 on the program with full coverage on Sky Racing 1.
The box draw for the 2018 Champion Puppy final was conducted on track last week:
1. Castle Rock Ray Fewings
2. Time’s Right Cameron Butcher
3. Lose Your Blues Nathan Wilson
4. Alicante Bouchet Ben Rawlings
5. Victa Caleb Mike Giniotis
6. Shima Breeze Tony Rasmussen
7. Victa Ashley Mike Giniotis
8. Agent Thirteen Ben Rawlings
9. Data Queen (res) SCR
10. Oakvale Magic (res) SCR
2018 GAWLER BREEDERS FINAL ON SUNDAY
After two terrific heats of the 2018 Gawler Breeders series last Sunday night this Sunday nights final looks a fantastic race on paper.
Heat winners were –
Minacious (31.33)
Emerley Mine (31.30)
The $4,500 Final will be race 8 on the program due to start at 7.31pm. Sunday nights 10 race program starts at 5.04pm with the last at 8.14pm.
2018 CROCMEDIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VICTORIA
The GCA Crocmedia National Championships are just around the corner. The National Finals this year will be held at Sandown in Victoria to be conducted on Friday, 24th August.
Both the National Sprint and National Distance Finals will carry prizemoney of $75,000 to the winner.
The State series’ for SA will be held at Angle Park on Thursday, 2nd August for the Heats with the State Finals on the 9th August.
In an effort to support this series ALL states will be conducting their Finals on the same night to be run within a 2 hour period. It makes for a great promotional concept.
• Nominations this year will close at the normal time with GRSA which will be at 9am on Monday, 30th 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. If unsure of a greyhound’s status, please contact the GRSA grading staff.
OAKS AND DERBY ELIGIBILITY IN 2018
The Group 3 SA Oaks and SA Derby to be run in September this year will be for greyhounds whelped on or after 1st June 2016 (27 months) which has stayed the same as last year.
GRSA has left the eligibility date at 27 months in support of trainers, breeders and owners of young up and coming greyhounds however it is important that this series is supported by our local participants. If the series is not supported with nominations locally and from Interstate then GRSA will have no option but to alter the age restriction to 30 months to ensure sufficient support for these races in 2019. To support these series’ GRSA has changed the heats of the Oaks to be run on the same night as the Derby with heats on Thursday 13th September and the Group 3 finals on Thursday 20th September.
UBET STATE OF ORIGIN MATCH RACE SERIES IN LATE SEPTEMBER
GRSA has introduced an exciting new feature “State of Origin” Match Race series sponsored by UBET in a lead up to the Group 1 UBET Adelaide Cup on Thursday, 29th September where 4 greyhounds from SA will take on 4 greyhounds from Victoria in one on one racing.
As a lead up to the Group 1 UBET Adelaide Cup we get many Victorian trainers travel across the border to race but mainly trial their greyhounds so their greyhound becomes familiar with the surroundings before competing in the Group 1 heats. This is a great opportunity for SA to introduce a State of Origin Match Race series which will provide promotion, wagering and a terrific opportunity for the local and Interstate greyhounds to have a decent hit out prior to the series.
Conditions of the series:
The State of Origin Match Race series between South Australia and Victoria will be held on Thursday, 27th September this year, the week before the Adelaide Cup heats.
It will be the week of the AFL Grand Final so we may be able to tap into the SA verses Victoria rivalry particularly if Port Power or Adelaide Crows are in the Grand Final against a Victorian opponent. Eligibility as to who represents South Australia or Victoria would be based around the Nationals conditions. Greyhounds would need to be trained in either State 76 days out of the last 150 prior to the close of nominations.
GRSA will call for nominations which will close on Friday morning, 23rd September at 9am for the State of Origin Match Race series. The best four greyhounds nominated from SA and Victoria will be selected by the GRSA grader. The Grader will use whatever information he has available to select those greyhounds. The Graders decision will be final. Those greyhounds not selected from Interstate will be given the opportunity to solo trial or race in another event on the night.
The Grader will rate the four greyhounds from each State in order from 1 to 4 with 1 being the highest rated greyhound. The head to head matches will be decided by the two 1 rated greyhounds competing against each other and then it will be 2 v 2, 3 v 3 and 4 v 4. Prizemoney for each individual match will also reflect 1 to 4 with the 1 rated greyhounds receiving the most amount of money. However the overall winner will still be determined based around the times the greyhounds run so all greyhounds have that opportunity.
PRIZEMONEY:
Winners of match races –
1 v 1 – Winners $3,750
2 v 2 – Winner $3,500
3 v 3 – Winner $3,250
4 v 4 – Winner $3,000
Overall State of Origin winner (based on overall times) $5,000, second $2,500, third $1,000
SCHEDULE & WAGERING:
This race would be race 4 on the program (outside of the Quadrella). It will make up 1 race on the 11 event card of racing. Race 4 will make up a field of the 8 greyhounds with 4 match races to be run around 10 minutes apart (total of 30 minutes). UBET are sponsoring and are fully supportive of this concept from a wagering perspective. For tote purposes they will have the full suite of single race betting options and it makes for a perfect fixed odds bet type. Sky Racing has also provided their support around the concept.
PRIZEMONEY INCREASES FOR ANGLE PARK (CITY A) THURSDAY FROM JULY 1
As of July 1, Thursday Night Angle Park stakemoney across all grades has increased by 5%, reflecting the key role that the premier weekly meeting plays in attracting the highest quality outcomes from local breeding and interstate acquisitions. This will also benefit some of our feature events that will increase on Thursday nights.
TRAINERS TO RECEIVE $20 FROM 1ST JULY TO REPLACE $15 UNPLACED
The existing $15 unplaced payment that currently applies to a majority of SA greyhound races will be replaced by a new $20 Trainer Raceday Subsidy (TRS) from 1st July with 100% of that payment being allocated directly to trainers.
For clarity, this payment will be made in addition to the $60 trainer rebate and will be allocated to unplaced greyhounds under circumstances wherein the $15 payment would have previously applied. Unplaced payments of more than $20 will remain the same.
ICG MEETING NEXT FRIDAY
The next Industry Advisory Committee meeting will be held on Friday 27th July with an Agenda to be sent out to the panel this week.
PARTICIPANT DRESS CODE
Stewards remind participants to ensure they comply with all requirements of the GRSA Dress Code when attending race meetings when involved in racing.
KURT DONSBERG – ONCOURSE RACE NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER
Recently Kurt was able to extend his roster to not only do Thursday night meetings at Angle Park but also the Monday night and Wednesday day meetings, however, due to personal commitments he is unable to do Monday nights until later in the year. Kurt will continue as normal with Thursdays and also Wednesdays based on his availability.
On those days/nights of racing when Kurt is not oncourse GRSA will continue to allow participants to take their own presentation photos and if required, gain access to the presentation area. Please just liaise with the Stewards on the day for access.
ACCELL THERAPY MAT NOW AVAILABLE AT ANGLE PARK
The mat is now available in the foyer area of the Angle Park building. 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 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. GRSA is working towards making this available also during trial sessions.
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 25th July
Wednesday 1st August
Wednesday 8th August (Qualifying Trials)
Wednesday 15th August
Wednesday 22nd August
Wednesday 29th August
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:
July 24th (for APM Monday meeting on 30th July – for APD Wednesday meeting on 1st August)
July 31st (for APM Monday meeting on 6th August – for APD Wednesday meeting on 8th August)
August 7th (for APM Monday meeting on 13th August – for APD Wednesday meeting on 15th August)
August 14th (for APM Monday meeting on 20th August – for APD Wednesday meeting on 22nd August)
August 21st (for APM Monday meeting on 27th August – no APD Wednesday meeting on 29th August due to Time Grading meeting)
Nominations close with GRSA at 12.30pm on the Tuesday of the meeting.