Angle Park Preview - Thursday 1st February 2018
by The Shadow
The highlight of tonight’s racing is the 2018 John Gray Final which is race 8 on the programme, the powerful Rasmussen kennel holds a strong hand in this with two runners. The quality of the field is outstanding so good luck to all concerned. Don’t forget all races are First Four and Trifecta events with Race 1 a guaranteed Trifecta pool of $10,000.
Race 1 - The inside 3 here all have a chance but we will go with the Lauren Harris trained Zipping Hawk down in box 1. He flew home late here on his debut when 2nd in 30.20 from a wide draw last week and should appreciate the rails tonight. Tag And Release has pace as does Lonely Cowboy. The value runner for our trifecta is the inform Bone Jarrer. Box Up 1.2.3.7.
Race 2 - Victa Ollie has been racing well and loves the draw he has tonight (1), he should be able to kick up early and take holding out. Joeli Magic has good short course form and is sure to be in the mix for a long way. Add Spring Irish who will be doing his best work late. Box Up 1.2.3.7.
Race 3 - The Rasmussen kennel rarely goes home without a winner and they look to have a strong chance with Addison’s Way down in box 1, she is only a moderate beginner but the rails should be a huge benefit. Motown Kenny is the inform runner and is a must for our First Four. Box Up 1.2.7.8.
Race 4 - This is a very smart 600m event with 3 main chances. Purpose Driven and Windmill Haze should set the pace and can run quick times when out in front while Topology will be stalking them into the back and will be flying home over the top of them. Box Up all the evens 2.4.6.8.
Race 5 - I like one in this at each way odds in Windy Girl, she missed the kick badly on her debut here last week and flashed home late to pinch 4th from box 6, she should be the big improver tonight from her draw of 2. Honcho Monelli is another who continues to miss the start but has good field sense so he is a must again for Trifecta punters. Box Up 2.4.6.7.
Race 6 - This is a wide-open affair, a small field of 6 makes me pick Spring Bloom down in box 2 as she will be high flying into the back straight and take holding out when it counts. Becky Bale is more than capable on her night as is the pacey Slippers Time. Box Up 2.5.7.8.
Race 7 - Hukanui showed them a front running display when winning last weeks SA Sprint Final in a BON 29.65 from box 5, tonight he looks far too strong again and it will be interesting how quick he can go as he has a personal best of 29.43 here. Cairnlea Kenny appears the main danger again and Don’t Kid Me out wide for value. Box Up 1.2.3.8.
Race 8 - The Final of the John Gray and it’s certainly a classy field, as mentioned earlier I like the Rasmussen pair in Lachlan Monelli and Ashom Monelli as both won their heats in good fashion and should only keep on improving. Farmin for Lauren Harris has pace as does Cairnlea Gump so they are a must for our First Four. Box Up 2.3.4.5.
Race 9 - This is the Distance affair of the night and the Gavin Harris trained Springvale Cookie will be the one to beat again on last weeks win, she won by over 9L in a more than handy 43.22. Acheron loves to run into the money and should do so again tonight. Box Up 2.5.7.8.
Race 10 - Troy Murray has 2 strong chances in this with Cain Hoy and Terpillar, both are good beginners and have been in fine form. Mazette can improve along with Serene Machine who will be making late ground. Box Up 1.3.4.5.
Race 11 - Nicole Newlyn can train the last winner of the night with Bye Felicia, she wasn’t disgraced when 3rd here behind Alpha Alexander in good time at her most recent start. Fox Gambler can improve along with Ready to Mingle. Box Up 1.2.3.6
Best Bets
Race 1, No: 1 - Zipping Hawk
Race 6, No: 2 - Spring Bloom
Best Each Way
Race 3, No: 1 - Addison’s Way
Race 5 No: 2 - Windy Girl
Best Roughie
Race 10, No: 3 - Serene Machine
ANGLE PARK TRIFECTA GUARANTEED POOL OF $10,000 ON RACE 1
Race 1 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a guaranteed Trifecta Pool of $10,000.
ANGLE PARK QUADRELLA GUARANTEED POOL OF $5,000
Race’s 5,6,7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Guaranteed Quadrella Pool of $5,000.
ANGLE PARK QUINELLA JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Quinella Jackpot of $3,495.
ALBION PARK FIRST 4 JACKPOT ON ALL RACES
All Races tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a First 4 Jackpot of $2,000 each on all races.
ALBION PARK QUADRELLA GUARANTEED POOL OF $25,000
Race’s 5,6,7 & 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Guaranteed Quadrella Pool of $25,000.
ALBION PARK DOUBLE TRIO JACKPOT
Race’s 7 & 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Double Trio Jackpot of $39.
HOBART FIRST 4 JACKPOT ON ALL RACES
All Races tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a First 4 Jackpot of $1,000 each on all races.
HOBART QUADRELLA JACKPOT
Race’s 5,6,7 & 8 tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Quadrella Jackpot of $1,000.
The Man from the Tower give us all the tips for tonight’s exciting card of racing at Angle Park.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 1,2,7,4
Race 2: 1,3,2,7
Race 3: 2,7,8,1
Race 4: 2,6,4,8
Race 5: 7,4,2,6
Race 6: 8,2,4,5
Race 7: 1,3,4,6
Race 8: 3,1,2,5
Race 9: 5,8,2,1
Race 10: 1,4,5,2
Race 11: 2,3,6,1
Best Bet: Race 6, No. 8 - Slipper’s Time
Each-Way: Race 5, No. 7 - Harbormaster
Roughie: Race 3, No 2 - Bar Room Brawler
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s intriguing night of racing at Angle Park including the Final of the John Gray Grade 5 Feature.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 1,4,2,5
Race 2: 1,3,2,7
Race 3: 7,5,8,1
Race 4: 6,2,4,8
Race 5: 7,6,2,1
Race 6: 2,5,8,1
Race 7: 1,3,5,8
Race 8: 2,3,4,1
Race 9: 8,2,5,1
Race 10: 5,3,7,1
Race 11: 5,6,2,3
Best Bets: Race 1, No. 1 Zipping Hawk
Each-Way: Race 3, No. 7 Motown Kenny
Roughie: Race 11, No. 5 Roman’s Legend
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for February will be released next 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.
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$4,590 Semi Finals SA St Leger – 515m (For greyhounds whelped on or after 1/7/15. Heat 31/1/18, $9,290 Final 15/2/18)
$2,445 Grade 6 – 515m (For greyhounds who have won 1 race or Maiden Heat & Final)
$3,390 SA Bred Grade 5 – 515m
$4,990 FFA – 731m
Nominations close Monday 5th February at 9.00am with GRSA
JOHN GRAY FINAL TONIGHT
After 6 terrific heats last week the John Gray Grade 5 Feature Final looks a terrific race on paper.
The $9,290 Final will be run as race 8 tonight due to start at 9.07pm (SA Time)
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
- Alpha Alexander Robyn Mackellar
- Lachlan Monelli Lisa Rasmussen
- Farmin Lauren Harris
- Ashom Monelli Tony Rasmussen
- Cairnlea Gump Petar Jovanovic
- Sally’s Girl Robert Isaacson
- Hot Marlow Steve Meimetis
- Hesa Marlow Len Wilson
- Motwon Kenny (1st Res) SCR
- Harbormaster (2nd Res) SCR
A special mention to the AGRC who again are supporting the John Gray Final in 2018 and have been great supporters of this race for many years. Special thanks to local racing identity Ron Johnson who kindly donates a trophy each year for the winning connections.
ST LEGER HEATS YESTERDAY
Three SA St Leger heats for greyhounds whelped on or after 1st July 2015 were conducted yesterday at Angle Park with some impressive times recorded.
Heat winners were –
Victa Louise (29.86)
Long Gully Gus (29.78)
Nirimba Pirate (29.82)
The first 5 from each heat and fastest 6th has qualified for next week’s semi-finals on Thursday, 8th February with the $9,290 final on Thursday, 15th February.
PORT AUGUSTA CANCELLED THIS WEEKEND
The Port Augusta meeting rescheduled for Saturday (3/2) has been cancelled due to a lack of nominations for the meeting.
2018 GAWLER PRODUCE STAKES – PAYMENTS DUE TOMORROW (2ND FEBRUARY)
After the nominations were finalised for the 2018 Gawler Produce Stakes there were 106 nominations.
We will have guaranteed final stakemoney of $22,000 with an estimate for the total series prizemoney around $40,000. The series is for greyhounds whelped in 2016.
The racing dates for this series will be heats on Sunday, 24th June 2018, semi-finals on Sunday, 1st July 2018 and the final on Sunday, 8th July 2018.
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 tomorrow (2nd February) with the third and final payment due on 6th April 2018.
ANGLE PARK LIGHTING UPDATE / TRACK TURNOVER / CHANGE TO TRIALS
Experts from Tigerlight Australia visited Angle Park late last week to assess some issues with the new lighting units.
At that meeting it was determined that the LED chips that make up the lighting units were suffering from some discolouration towards the edge of the beams.
The experts are certain that this discolouration is the cause of the striping effect on the track surface, which can be addressed by implementing new LED chips in all the lighting units. As such, an order has already been placed from overseas and replacement parts are expected to arrive early next week.
Installation will occur on the afternoon of Friday 9th February, continuing into the morning of Saturday 10th February. This will require the transfer of the normal Saturday morning trial session to Sunday 11th February.
The Maintenance team will also take this as an opportunity to perform a track turnover and grade of the Angle Park surface on Friday 9th February.
EARLIER START FOR ANGLE PARK MONDAY
Please note that Angle Park Monday night will start at 5.45pm with the last of 10 at 8.57pm. Kenneling will be from 4.15pm to 5.00pm.
These challenges were highlighted on Monday night at the first race meeting since the installation occurred. GRSA has raised concerns with the lighting supplier (Tigerlight Australia) and the electrical contractor (QI Electrical) regarding the inconsistency of lighting levels along the new section.
GRSA is currently working with Tigerlight Australia to resolve the issue as promptly as possible. Tomorrow evening representatives of Tigerlight will fly from Sydney to Angle Park to analyse and refine the new lighting units and provide recommendations for improvement. They have given GRSA a guarantee that the inconsistency issue will be resolved.
In the meantime we ask for patience as management works through this issue
GRSA HOT WEATHER POLICY UPDATE
GRSA advises that an updated version of the Hot Weather Policy came into effect last week.
The main changes that participants need to be aware off are:
• All weather forecasts will be sourced from BoM (this used to be Weatherzone)
• The kennel house will be open half an hour earlier for kennelling if the forecast temperature at the corresponding regional centre is 32°C or above
For any questions regarding the policy the please contact GRSA’s Integrity Department. The policy in full can be viewed on the GRSA website.
BREEDER SUPPORT CHANGES
A number of Breeder Support Changes have come into effect from January 1. The first phase of that framework will commence with the introduction of the following support strategies:
• 100% increase to the breeder component of the SA Bred Scheme from July 1, 2019 (which will impact more recent litters and all future breeding activity)
• The introduction of a subsidy of $30 per week for any retired greyhound on the waiting list to go into GAP that is being kept on a Trainer’s or Owner’s approved premises from January 1, 2018 commencing from the start of the 7th week on the list post-retirement. Existing arrangements around subsidised boarding will remain unchanged. New placement forms will be available.
• An increase to the average Breeders’ Support Payment by 40% through the introduction of a fixed payment of $100 per pup for litters whelped after January 1, 2018. New claim forms will be sent out with new services lodged from 1st January 2018.
• The elimination of fees for natural notice of service, FSI notice of service rebated by GRSA, litter registration and naming from January 1, 2018.
• An increase to the subsidy for DNA testing of breeding females to cover the full cost of (approximately) $180 from January 1, 2018. Applications to Greyhounds Australasia for DNA testing from 1st January 2018.
• A cap on the cost of sire registration of $500 with the remainder being reimbursed by way of subsidy from January 1, 2018. Applications to Greyhounds Australasia for stud dog registration from 1st January 2018
• Expansion of the Superbonus scheme in line with consultation with the ICG from January 1, 2018. Specific details to be released shortly.
SA BRED MAIDEN PAYMENT - $1,000 IF WHELPED IN 2016
The SA bred maiden payment rewards participants that get a greyhound to the track to win a race.
GRSA has committed to dramatically increase this payment from $175 to $1,000 ($500 breeder/$500 owner) on 1st July, 2017. This will result in all greyhounds that are whelped in 2016 being eligible for this support.
SYNDICATION INTEREST FROM TRAINERS
Greyhound Racing SA is interested in gaining feedback from trainers who would be interested in having their details made available to any prospective syndicate groups.
GRSA receives a number of queries from owners about getting involved with their friends, however, it is quite hard for them to find a trainer. Those trainers who are comfortable with this please respond to Shaun Mathieson via email [email protected] or phone (08) 8243 7100. These details would only be made available to syndicate groups.
FINALISTS FOR THE 2017 UBET SA GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR
The Finalists for the 2017 UBET SA Greyhound of the Year have been announced and the voting panel has cast their votes.
The winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner at Gawler tomorrow night.
The Finalists are:
BOGIE BEKIM
2017 Starts 29-1sts 16, 2nds 6, 3rds 0
(Bekim Bale x Bogie Skye) Owner – Les Bein
Trainer – Ben Rawlings
CAIRNLEA KENNY
2017 Starts 37-1sts 15, 2nds 11, 3rds 2
(Premier Fantasy x Cairnlea Elle) Owner – Jan Hubbard
Trainer – Petar Jovanovic
HIGH EDEN FROST
2017 Starts 32-1sts 12, 2nds 9, 3rds 5
(Banjo Boy x Zardae) Owner – Antony & Jan Jones
Trainer – Jan Jones
ON FIRE
2017 Starts 34-1sts 21, 2nds 8, 3rds 2
(Bekim Bale x Alana Blues)
(SA Bred) Owner – Cameron Butcher
Trainer - Cameron Butcher
WINDMILL HAZE
2017 Starts 43 -1sts 18, 2nds 5, 3rds 5
(Barcia Bale x Contrary Mary)
(SA Bred) Owner – Ken Gill
Trainer – Ken Gill
TRIAL DATES FOR STRATHALBYN
All bookings for normal trials will be taken by the Club. 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 7th February (Qualifying Trials)
Wednesday 14th February
Wednesday 21st February
Wednesday 28thFebruary
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:
February 6th (for APM Monday meeting on 12th February – for APD Wednesday meeting on 14th February)
February 13th (for APM Monday meeting on 19th February – for APD Wednesday meeting on 21st February)
February 20th (for APM Monday meeting on 26th February – no APD Wednesday meeting on 28th February due to Time Grading meeting)
Nominations close with GRSA at 12.30pm on the Tuesday of the meeting.