Angle Park Preview - Thursday 20th September 2018
by The Shadow
We have a first class programme on offer at headquarters tonight with the running of the 2018 Coffex SA Oaks (race 6) and the 2018 BGC Industrial Cleaning Supplies SA Derby (race 8) both events carry a $25,000 to the winner cheque. We also have a very smart 600m event early in the night backed up by a 731m in race 9. It makes for a very interesting night on the punt. Don’t forget all races are Trifecta and First Four events and I’m sure we should get some good value throughout the evening.
Race 1 - Hot Marlow missed the kick here last start from box 1 but is down slightly in grade tonight and is more than capable of winning this. Rachel Zane is racing well and loves this draw and will be very hard to beat. Add Emerley Nolen and Half A Mill for value. Box Up 1.4.7.8.
Race 2 - Flummoxed has been placed here in 3 of her 5 runs and with early luck should be able to break through. Alter Ego can be hit and miss on box rise but looks a big chance from the inside draw. Box Up 1.2.7.8.
Race 3 - The Lauren Harris trained On The Bonnet wasn’t disgraced at his first start here in SA when 4th behind Smart Knocka in quick time, he has good box manners and should lead and win. Phil De Thunder and Billy Fix It can fill the placings. Box Up 1.4.6.8.
Race 4 - This is the 600m of the night and there appears to be several chances, I will stick with Stack The Aces who I tipped over the sprint last week, he ran on well to finish 3rd behind Windmill Haze last start and has a good record over this trip. Croydon Boys is racing very well and will be running on along with Max Jake who has been racing over the 731m of late. Box Up 1.2.6.8.
Race 5 - Fabwik found a heap of trouble here last start when unplaced behind Nations, she had won her previous 6 starts all in quick times and can return to the winner’s circle in this. Abuzz is very quick early and could nearly pinch this with luck and is a must for the First Four along with Mepunga Gal who will be doing her best work late. Box Up 1.2.5.8
Race 6 - This is the Final of the 2018 SA Oaks, Often Imitated was all class when she scorched the track defeating Ash Star in 29.59 from box 8 last week. The Victorian sprinter has taking a liking to Angle Park and she can only keep on improving. My American Girl showed a heap of early pace when winning from box 7 defeating Agent Thirteen in 29.74, she has now won 9 of her 18 career starts along with 7 placings and will be right in the finish. Ash Star is very strong and will be hard to beat if she is close enough early. Add Oakvale Magic for the First Four. Box Up 1.2.3.8.
Race 7 - My value runner for the night is Tyla Grace who has drawn box 1 here, she had no luck here last start when unplaced from box 8 but gets a chance to kick up early and run a cheeky race. Mr. Arjay is a veteran of 128 starts and is a must for Trifecta punters. Box Up 1.3.5.8
Race 8 - This is the 2018 BGC SA Derby Final and as mentioned earlier a more than handy $25,000 to the winner is up for grabs. Nervous An Weird showed plenty of class when winning here in 29.59 from box 4, he went straight to the front and never looked like getting beat, he definitely will prove very hard to beat. Smart Knocka began smartly from his draw of 2 and trounced his rivals by over 5 lengths in 29.64, he too has to be put in our First Four. Spring Bridge looks the best chance for the locals to have a win and will be strong at the end. Box Up 1.2.5.8.
Race 9 - The Distance event of the night and the Gavin Harris kennel can nearly run the Quinella again with his 2 runners in Springvale Cooke and Springvale Choix, both love this trip and are well drawn. The Rasmussen pair in Pirates Curse and Jeebus Bird are the value runners for our First Four. Box Up 2.3.7.8.
Race 10 - Victorian chaser Weblec Nic can get the chocolates in this event, she ran a handy 3rd in the Semis of the Oaks here last week after missing the kick, she will find this a lot easier and can go close. Queen Ophelia is a pacey type and should be in this for a long way, add Roxy’s Daisy and Times Right for the minors. Box Up 2.6.7.8.
Race 11 - A tricky event to go home on and the main chances look to be Love Made Me and Jays Ace both are more than capable on their night but haven’t had a huge amount of luck in recent runs. Romans Legend can add some big value into the Trifecta. Box Up 1.2.3.6.
Best Bets
Race 5 No: 5 Fabwik
Race 6 No: 1 Often Imitated
Best Eachway
Race 4 No: 2 Stack The Aces
Best Roughie
Race 7 No: 1 Tyla Grace
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 JACKPOTS ON RACES 6 & 8
Race’s 6 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a First 4 Jackpot of $5,000 on each race.
ANGLE PARK DAILY DOUBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Daily Double Jackpot of $3,596.
ALBION PARK TREBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 6, 7 & 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Treble Jackpot of $6,406.
HOBART TRIFECTA JACKPOT ON 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.
DAPTO FIRST 4 JACKPOT
Race 5 tonight at Dapto 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 September was released last week so make sure you grab yourself a copy.
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The Man In The Tower gives his selections for tonight’s fabulous night of racing at Angle Park.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 4,1,7,6
Race 2: 2,1,7,8
Race 3: 1,4,7,8
Race 4: 2,8,1,6
Race 5: 5,1,8,7
Race 6: 1,8,3,2
Race 7: 1,5,3,6
Race 8: 1,2,8,9
Race 9: 1,8,7,4
Race 10: 2,7,8,1
Race 11: 6,3,5,4
Best Bets: Race 10, No. 2 Time’s Right
Each-Way: Race 2, No. 2 You Dee Elle
Roughie: Race 7, No. 1 Tyla Grace
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s excellent night of racing at Angle Park including the finals of the Group 3 SA Oaks and Group 3 SA Derby.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 4,1,7,3
Race 2: 1,2,7,8
Race 3: 1,7,4,3
Race 4: 6,8,2,1
Race 5: 5,1,7,8
Race 6: 1,8,3,4
Race 7: 3,2,1,4
Race 8: 5,2,1,6
Race 9: 8,7,3,1
Race 10: 7,2,8,1
Race 11: 6,5,1,7
Best Bets: Race 6, No. 1 Often Imitated
Each-Way: Race 7, No. 3 Don Lesta
Roughie: Race 8, No. 5 Spring Bridge
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
State Of Origin Match Race Series (SA v VIC) - 515m (Special Event – No Penalty. 4 greyhounds from SA verses 4 greyhounds from Vic. 4 - Match Races @ $3,000 - $3,750 each. Overall Winner ($5k, $2.5k, $1k). Match Race conditions as advertised.
**Nominations for Match Race close 9am on Friday 21/9/18**
(*$20,000 SA Trainer Bonus or $10,000 Interstate Trainer Bonus if any Trainer can win 2 of 3 Feature events 1. Oaks/Derby Finals (20/9) 2. Match Race Overall Winner (27/9) 3. Adelaide Cup Final (12/10). – Trainer can only win bonus once. Conditions apply)
$2,310 Open Maiden – 515m
$? Graded – 600m
$5,240 Free For All – 731m
Nominations for Match Race series only close tomorrow (Friday 21st September) at 9.00am with GRSA and all other nominations close Monday 24th September at 9.00am
2018 COFFEX COFFEE SA OAKS FINAL TONIGHT
There were three heats of the SA Oaks with three fantastic races last week. The first heat was won in good fashion by My American Girl for Victorian trainer Ashlee Terry which lead throughout running a quick 29.74 (splits 4.38/16.77). She defeated Agent Thirteen and Oakvale Magic which raced 2nd and 3rd for the event.
The second Oaks heat was won impressively by Often Imitated for Brad Greenough which speared across from box 8 to lead easily. She was never headed and recorded a brilliant 29.59 for the 515m journey with splits of 4.33/16.66. She defeated Ash Star which was strong in running second and making ground on the leader with Reiko Rocketta holding down third for most of the race.
The final heat was taken out by Shima Breeze for leading local trainer Tony Rasmussen in a handy 30.12 (4.44/17.16). She had to come from behind in a solid performance to defeat Alicante Bouchet grabbing her in the shadows of the post. Weblec Nic ran home hard from the tail into third spot after finding trouble early.
The box draw tonight suggests it will be a match race between the bookends of impressive heat winners Often Imitated and My American Girl however the race is full of quality and an upset could easily occur.
The $35,000 Group Three Final is race 6 on the program and is listed to jump at 8.25pm (SA time).
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
1. Often Imitated Brad Greenough (Vic)
2. Oakvale Magic Jeff Britton (Vic)
3. Ash Star Marcus Lloyd (Vic)
4. Shima Breeze Tony Rasmussen (SA)
5. Reiko Rocketta Troy Murray (SA)
6. Alicante Bouchet Ben Rawlings (SA)
7. Agent Thirteen Ben Rawlings (SA)
8. My American Girl Ashlee Terry (Vic)
9. Weblec Nic (1st Res) SCR
10.Data Queen (2nd Res) SCR
2018 BGC INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SUPPLIES SA DERBY FINAL TONIGHT
There were also three superb SA Derby heats last week where some of the best young chasers took centre stage and Angle Park and didn’t let anyone down.
The first heat set the scene for a fantastic series when Nervous An Weird for Ashlee Terry sizzled around the Angle Park loam in a flying 29.59 in leading throughout. He ran splits of 4.43/16.71 in defeating Spring Bridge which never gave up the chase and Fab Reiko which ran home hard from midfield.
The second heat saw Grey Ghost for Jeff Britton continue on his winning way after he was able to chase down early leader Victa Caleb turning for home. He ran a super 29.64 with splits of 4.52/16.90 in defeating Aston Kimetto who was just as impressive coming from of the speed and charging into second while Victa Caleb held on well for third.
The final heat saw South East trained Smart Knocka for Tracie Price upset his more fancied rivals after he was able to lead most of the way for a brilliant victory. He ran a slick 29.64 with splits of 4.38/16.66 in defeating Victa Ashley and Crackerjack Skip.
The box draw has evened up this contest tonight with a host of winning chances and will surely be a race not to be missed next week.
The $35,000 Group Three Final is race 8 on the program and is listed to jump at 9.10pm (SA time).
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
1. Smart Knocka Tracie Price (SA)
2. Nervous An Weird Ashlee Terry (Vic)
3. Victa Ashley Mike Giniotis (SA)
4. Grey Ghost SCR 5. Spring Bridge Greg Board (SA)
6. Aston Kimetto Seona Thompson (Vic)
7. Victa Caleb Mike Giniotis (SA)
8. Fab Reiko Seona Thompson (Vic)
9. Crackerjack Skip (Box 4) Jeff Britton (Vic)
10.Shimando (2nd Res) SCR
STATE OF ORIGIN MATCH RACE SERIES – NOMINATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW
GRSA has introduced an exciting new feature “State of Origin” Match Race series in a lead up to the Group 1 Adelaide Cup where 4 greyhounds from SA will take on 4 greyhounds from Victoria in one on one racing.
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.
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.
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. Reserves will be declared with one from SA and one from Victoria depending on nominations to replace the States representative if scratched. For example the SA reserve will only replace an SA scratching.
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 – Winner $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
ON THE NIGHT:
The State of Origin Match Races will be Race 4 on the program with the first match to be run at 7.22pm (SA time) with each Match 9 minutes apart.
Race 4 - Match 1 – 7.22pm (Sky 1 & Sky 2)
• Match 2 – 7.31pm (Sky 2)
• Match 3 – 7.40pm (Sky & Sky 2)
• Match 4 – 7.49pm (Sky 2)
VISION:
Greyhound Racing SA has exciting new vision of inside the boxes to be used for the Match Race Series which will give viewers a “greyhound eyes” view as the boxes fly open.
Nominations: State Of Origin Match Race Series closes tomorrow (Friday 21st September) with GRSA at 9.00am.
2018 UBET GROUP 1 ADELAIDE CUP RACE DATES & CONDITIONS
UBET Adelaide Cup Race Dates:
Thursday 4th October :
UBET Adelaide Cup Open Heats x up to 8 @ $10,710 each
($7,495, $2,140, $1,075)
Friday 12th October:
UBET Adelaide Cup Final @ $107,500
($75,000 to the winner, $20,000, $10,000, unplaced $500)
UBET Adelaide Cup Consolation @ $10,710
($7,495, $2,140, $1,075)
Total Prizemoney & Trophies for Heats, Final & Consolation: $203,890
Nominations: UBET Adelaide Cup Heats close Monday 1st October with GRSA at 9.00am. (Whilst this is a Public Holiday Grading Staff will be working and releasing these fields on Monday)
A special nomination form is available from GRSA or nominations can be made on-line, please specify Adelaide Cup.
Automatic qualifiers for UBET Adelaide Cup Heats (if nominated):
a) Winner of the Coffex Coffee SA Oaks on Thursday 20th September.
b) Winner of the BGC Industrial Cleaning Supplies SA Derby on Thursday 20th September.
c) The 4 SA & 4 Vic greyhounds selected for Match Race series on September 27.
AGRC/GRSA GREYHOUND AUCTION CANCELLED
The Greyhound Auction set down for Sunday 21st October has been cancelled due to insufficient entries.
After consultation with the Adelaide Greyhound Racing Club the decision has been made to cancel and look to other alternates. The AGRC and GRSA would like to thank those participants that entered for the Auction in supporting this event. GRSA will contact all those who entered in regard to fee’s paid and return those monies. The AGRC and GRSA will also look to support those participants in assisting with selling their greyhounds.
MURRAY BRIDGE TRIALS CANCELLED THIS WEEKEND
GRSA has been advised that the trials at Murray Bridge on Sunday this weekend have been cancelled due to Show commitments.
ANGLE PARK EMPTY OUT AREA – WORKS TO BE CONDUCTED
Please note the following works taking place on the Angle Park empty out area are as follows:
• Friday 21st Sept – Excavate, concreting
• Saturday 22nd Sept – Prep for turf
• Monday 24th Sept – Irrigation and drainage
• Tuesday 25th Sept – Laying of turf
On Saturday morning the Empty out area will not be available. If trainers could empty out on the hill that would be appreciated. On the Monday night race meeting (24/9), the area will be exposed loam and irrigation so again if emptying out could be on the hill.
Works will be finished by Tuesday afternoon in preparation for the Wednesday race meeting.
VIRGINIA TRACK
GRSA has been advised that the Virginia track will be closed Thursday 27th September from 10.00am – 1.00pm for lawn mowing. Please also be advised that the Caretaker at the State Shooting Park is on leave and it is essential that members have their track key available in the event that you are locked in.
GAWLER GREYHOUND TRACK
The Gawler Council has advised that there will be works on site to undertake the drilling of the piers for the Gawler Oval Grandstand Shelter due to commence on Thursday 27 September 2018.
Please note although the contractor will commence setting up in the morning, actual drilling works will only commence from 10:00am to cater for the constraints regarding the Greyhound Racing.
Participants are reminded of these up coming Council works.
HUGE SPRING CARNIVAL BONUSES FOR OAKS/DERBY, ADELAIDE CUP AND MATCH RACE SERIES
Greyhound Racing SA in support of our Spring Carnival announced significant bonuses attached to our major feature races over the next two months.
There are two fantastic bonuses –
a. There will be a $25,000 double bonus if a greyhound can win the Group 3 SA Oaks Final (20/9) or Group 3 SA Derby Final (20/9) and the Group 1 Adelaide Cup Final (12/10). Should there be a dead heat in any of these Finals the bonus will be split accordingly with a maximum of $25,000 being paid for the double bonus.
b. There will be a $20,000 South Australian trainer bonus and a $10,000 Interstate trainer bonus if a trainer can win two feature events over two of our three feature race nights –
1. Oaks/Derby Finals (20/9) or 2. Match Race Overall Winner (27/9) or 3. Adelaide Cup Final (12/10). There will be a maximum of one bonus per Trainer. Should there be a dead heat in any of these events the bonus will be split accordingly with a maximum of $40,000 being paid for the trainer bonus. To be eligible to win the trainer bonus the greyhound is to be registered in your kennel no later than one month prior to the Adelaide Cup Final (12/10).
PORT AUGUSTA MOVED FROM NOVEMBER 17 TO NOVEMBER 24
After a request from the Port Augusta GRC their meeting scheduled for Saturday 17th November has been moved to Saturday November 24.
2018 SA COUNTRY CUP
Below are details of where greyhounds can qualify for the $7,375 SA Country Cup Final, to be run at Angle Park over 515 metres on Adelaide Cup Final night Friday 12th October 2018.
Specific conditions apply.
Qualifying
Track Dist. Date of Meeting
Port Augusta 503m Saturday 22.09.18 (1 heat)
Mt Gambier 512m Sunday 23.09.18 (2 heats)
Strathalbyn 536m Friday 28.09.18
Gawler 531m Sunday 30.09.18
Country Cup Final Prizemoney
1st $5,000
2nd $1,250
3rd $625
Unplaced $100
STRATHALBYN TRIALS – STARTING TIMES
On Wednesday nights there has been a variance in starting times.
• Untimed grabs will now start at 5.30pm from 5th September
• All trials including grabs and pen trials start at 6:30pm
• Field Trials followed by Single Trials from each distance starting at 536m to 416m to 319m
• At conclusion of 319m Pen Trials late Grab Trials will commence starting from 319m to 416m to 536m
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 26th September
Wednesday 3rd October
Wednesday 10th October (Qualifying Trials)
Wednesday 17th October
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:
September 25th (for APM Monday meeting on 1st October – for APD Wednesday meeting on 3rd October)
October 2nd (for APM Monday meeting on 8th October – for APD Wednesday meeting on 10th October)
October 9th (for APM Monday meeting on 15th October – for APD Wednesday meeting on 17th October)
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.