Angle Park Preview - Thursday 30th May
by The Shadow
The racing tonight at headquarters certainly is first class we have the final of the 2019 Howard Ashton, which is Race 8 on the programme and has a $25,000 to the winner cheque. We also have 3 terrific heats of the Shane McQueen over the 600m which are races 4 through to 6, as always all races are Trifecta and First Four events.
Race 1 - We can kick start the night with an early winner in the pacey Sweet Ella, she won here last start in a slick 29.88 leading throughout, she should be able to do so again with moderate beginners either side. Fantastic Yankee will only improve on his 3rd here on his debut. Box Up 2.4.5.8.
Race 2 - Oakvale Thrill will find this a lot easier than her past 2 starts, she is a little hit and miss on box rise but should go very close. Main Exit is definitely the main danger along with Classy Blaze. Box Up 1.2.4.8.
Race 3 - The Rawlings kennel looks to have another handy type with Better Dream, he won here on debut in a more than handy 29.75 and showed terrific box speed, he looks one of the better bets of the night. Fly For Fun and Huey Lee for the minors. Box Up 1.2.4.8.
Race 4 - First of the Shane McQueen heats and it’s very hard to go past the inform Saldana in the Judi Hurley kennel, she has won 3 of her past 4 here and is very strong. Master Chaos is the danger as he has continued to impress with 3 strong wins here all in good times. Add Private Nangar who will be working home strongly. Box Up 2.4.5.8.
Race 5 - Waterloo Monelli loves this trip as he has won 4 of 5 over the 600m, he is racing well and will be the measuring stick once again. Surfing Dyno is well drawn and can run a cheeky race along with Sale Graze Bindi who can handle the wide draw. Box Up 1.2.5.8
Race 6 - The Murray kennel has been in form of late and they have a huge chance with Love Made Me in this, she has won 3 of her past 5 and should be right on the pace early and prove hard to beat. Come Home wasn’t disgraced when 4th here last start behind Master Chaos and can run a cheeky race once again. Box Up 1.2.5.8.
Race 7 - This is a wide open affair so we will stick with Yoda who has the perfect draw of one, he should be able to kick up early and hold a handy position and prove too strong in the run home. Spring Sniper has been racing well at Murray Bridge and hasn’t missed a cheque in his last 5 runs. Add in Gemtree Dynamo who will be running on late. Box Up 1.4.5.7.
Race 8 - This is the 2019 Howard Ashton Final and as mentioned earlier it has a cracking $25,000 to the winner cheque, the flying Querencia should start a very short price favourite as he has 2 personal bests here in 29.34 and 29.30 in recent weeks, he is all class and only bad luck could beat him. Rock It Fernando has the rails and he should be running on again to pinch a place. Emerley Fabbro added a heap of value to our First Four and Trifecta last week and can do the same again from his draw of 3. Oakvale Beauty is a youngster who will run through grades and can fill a place despite the poor draw. Box Up 1.3.4.5
Race 9 - Lose Your Blues has been very versatile of late racing over the 600m and 731m now she drops back to the sprint and appears a very good chance, she is very strong and can finish in the mix. Stitch ‘Em Milli will find this a lot easier than her past couple and is the big danger. Box Up 1.2.4.8.
Race 10 - Victa Ashley has won 2 of his past 3 both in quick times he has the early pace to lead and is our top pick. Jazzy Footluce has been racing well and is well drawn. Box Up 5.7.8.9.
Race 11 - Senni Max can send us home on a winning note, he has won his past 2 over the short at Murray Bridge and Gawler in good fashion and looks a very good chance from the wide draw. Spring Glass can be hit and miss on box rise she will be running on late and can pinch a place along with Hot Zorro who has been improving evert start. Box Up 1.2.7.8.
Best Bets
Race 3 NO 2 Better Dream
Race 6 NO 5 Love Made Me
Best Each Way
Race 7 NO 7 Flyrite
Best Roughie
Race 9 NO 8 Zipping Rocket
TAB JACKPOTS TONIGHT
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 ON RACES 5,6,7 & 8
Race’s 5,6,7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a First 4 Jackpot of $2,000 each.
ANGLE PARK EXACTA JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include an Exacta Jackpot of $5,000.
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 $1,000 each.
ALBION PARK QUADRELLA JACKPOT
Races 5,6,7 & 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Quadrella Jackpot of $2,000.
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 on each race.
HOBART EXACTA JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include an Exacta Jackpot of $5,000.
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.
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$10,710 Shane McQueen Feature Final – 600m (best greyhounds nominated. Heats 30/5/19) Not G-SIX
$4,820 Heats Auction Main Series – 515m (Special Event. For those greyhounds sold through the 2017 Auction series. $26,000 final 13/6/19) Not G-SIX
$4,820 Mixed Masters Stake – 515m (Master conditions apply)
$2,310 Open Maiden – 515m
$5,290 Free For All – 731m
Nominations close Monday 3rd June with GRSA at 9.00am.
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s excellent night of racing at Angle Park including the Group 3 Howard Ashton Final and Heats Shane McQueen 600m.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 5,8,7,2
Race 2: 4,2,7,8
Race 3: 2,1,4,8
Race 4: 1,5,4,2
Race 5: 5,1,2,4
Race 6: 5,2,4,7
Race 7: 1,4,8,5
Race 8: 5,4,8,1
Race 9: 2,5,8,1
Race 10: 5,1,8,9
Race 11: 2,1,5,4
Best Bets: Race 7, No. 1 Yoda
Each-Way: Race 3, No. 4 Main Exit
Roughie: Race 4, No. 1 Staunch As
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for May 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.
2019 GROUP 3 HOWARD ASHTON FINAL TONIGHT
Last week at Angle Park there were two exciting semi finals of the 2019 Howard Ashton where the first four placegetters from each semi final qualified for tonights Group 3 final.
Semi Final winners were –
Querencia – 29.34
Oakvale Beauty – 29.79
The Final field in Box Draw order which is race 8 at 9.14pm is:
1. Rock It Fernando Ron Murch
2. Allinga Mal Yvonne King
3. Emerley Fabbro Judi Hurley
4. Oakvale Beauty Nathan Wilson
5. Querencia Kirin Corby
6. Oakvale Astro Nathan Wilson
7. Allinga Jess Yvonne King
8. Emerley Zero Judi Hurley
9. Fly By Them (1st Res) Scr
10.Bailey Rocks (2nd Res) Scr
2019 SHANE MCQUEEN FEATURE HEATS TONIGHT
The Shane McQueen heats will also been run tonight and it is great to see three fabulous heats with some of the best middle distance greyhounds in the State doing battle over the 600m.
The first heat features Bayroad Queen Stayers Cup winner Saldana doing battle with Might Chaos which has won his last three starts over the 600m. In the second heat we the flying Waterloo Monelli which won the Easter Cup over this trip last month up against Surfing Dyno and Jack Get Back. In the final heat the Love Made Me looks to bounce back into the winners circle up against Come Home and Max Jake.
It looks a fantastic series on paper with the first two and two fastest third placegetters from each heat qualifying for next week’s final which carries total prizemoney of $10,710. The box draw for next week‘s final will be conducted oncourse after the running of Race 7 tonight.
MURRAY BRIDGE STRAIGHT TRACK DELAYED
GRSA advised that the Murray Bridge Straight Track has been delayed with the introduction of drop in boxes required for the 300m start rather than the chute option.
To allow time for this the Picnic Meeting (Non Tab) on Wednesday 5th June will not be conducted and will be replaced by the normal TAB Murray Bridge One Turn meeting. Until further notice the fortnightly Murray Bridge Wednesday will be conducted on the One Turn track.
• Nominations for this meeting close tomorrow (Friday 31/5) at 9am.
GRSA advise that trialling during this will be on Tuesday night and Friday morning.
MURRAY BRIDGE SHOWGROUNDS DEMOLITION UNDERWAY
GRSA advises that demolition works on the track and facilities at the old Murray Bridge Showgrounds site are underway.
This work involves the removal of the clubhouse and judges tower, as well as the starting boxes, track fencing, lure rail, catching pen and lure motor shed.
Participants will no longer be able to use the Showgrounds site to free gallop their greyhounds.
GRSA will discuss with the Club and maintenance staff the possibility of using the new straight track for free galloping outside of the normal racing and trialling schedule. There is also a long term objective to have a dedicated slipping track on the Murray Bridge site.
The exit from the Showgrounds site was a requirement of the Murray Bridge Council, as part of the purchase agreement for the parcel of land where GRSA have built the new greyhound racing facility.
2017 AGRC/GRSA GREYHOUND AUCTION – MAIN SERIES (NOT G-SIX) – NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY
The Main race series for greyhounds that were purchased through the 2017 Auction will be $4,820 heats run on Thursday, 6th June. The $26,000 final will be run on Thursday, 13th June 2019.
* Nominations for the heats will close with GRSA on Monday, 3rd June at 9.00am.
There will be another series to be run in July or August over 515m for $1,130 heats and then the final is worth $5,000. These dates are yet to be confirmed.
GRADING REVIEW PANEL TO MEET ON THURSDAY 6TH JUNE
The Grading Review Panel will meet on Thursday 6th June to discuss grading in South Australia from an agenda provided by Industry submissions with the outcomes released shortly after the meeting. The agenda has been sent to the panel in a lead up to the meeting.
2019 BRISBANE CUP
The conditions for the 2019 Group 1 Brisbane Cup have now been published.
Nominations will close on Friday 21 June at 9.30am which is not the normal closing time for an Albion Park Thursday meeting so please be aware. Conditions can be found at -
https://www.racingqueensland.com.au/News-And-Guides/May-2019/2019-Group-1-Brisbane-Cup-520m-Conditions
PORT AUGUSTA CUP FINAL AT $5,000
The Port Augusta Greyhound Racing Club has advised that their Cup will be worth $5,000.
Their heats will be run on Saturday, 15th June and the $5,000 final will be run on Saturday, 29th June. The Club will also have added prizemoney for both the heats and final meetings.
* Nominations will close for Cup heats with GRSA on Tuesday, 11th June at 9.00am.
4 DOG EVENTS FOR UPCOMING GOTBA COURSING MEETINGS
After the last couple of GOTBA Coursing meetings have failed to meet the 30 or more nomination requirements GRSA has approved that 4 – dog races will continue for upcoming meetings. Normally the club would move to 8 – dog events however in support of the Club they can run 4 – dog events.
The Clubs next meeting will be run on Sunday 9th June. As part of their programming the Club will run Masters events if sufficient eligible greyhounds in the nominations.
TRACK RECORDS AT MURRAY BRIDGE CONFIRMED
It has now been 6 months since the Murray Bridge One Turn track has been in use and we can now confirm the official track records as they currently stand. If a greyhound beats these times they will be the new track record holder. Congratulations to connections of these greyhounds listed across -
395m – Victa Caleb – 21.94 (13th March 2019)
455m – Victa Ashley – 25.16 (13th March 2019)
530m – Ashom Monelli – 29.77 (27th March 2019)
MOUNT GAMBIER TO RACE EVERY THURSDAY AND SUNDAY
Mount Gambier will now race every Thursday from 2nd May with the introduction of the G-SIX racing.
As a result of this they will now race twice a week during the 3 month trial period on Thursdays and Sundays.
G-SIX RACING
May 2 kicked off G-SIX racing for a 3 month trial with Angle Park, Gawler and Mount Gambier all racing under these conditions.
G-SIX offers more racing at more meetings, cleaner racing with less interference as there are only 6 greyhounds per event, Stakemoney increases to owners and trainers worth more than $1,000,000 and a consistent weekly schedule at our venues.
There will be some exceptions to the G-SIX for feature races with specific feature events not under the G-SIX conditions, like the Group 3 Howard Ashton for example.
Participants are encouraged to check the racing calendar for G-SIX events and scheduling and ensure they are aware of the conditions during the 3 month trial.
REARERS DETAILS REQUIRED
GRSA would like to build a list of Rearers available in SA. If you are comfortable to have your details made available to the industry for you to provide Rearing services please reply to Shaun Mathieson via email [email protected] or phone (08) 8243 7100
BLACK SHORTS NOW AVAILABLE FROM GRSA
After approval from the ICG, black shorts are now part of the GRSA Dress Code Policy and available for sale from GRSA. These shorts have the GRSA logo embroidered on the back and are the only shorts approved. They cost $45 and are available in mens and ladies sizes with orders taken if we do not have your size. Black shorts are to be worn with black socks and black shoes. These shorts can be worn at the discretion of the participant at any time.
NEW RED WET WEATHER JACKETS
GRSA purchased new red Jackets for winter to be available as a replacement for the blue Drizeabone Jackets which are now no longer available.
These red jackets are at the tracks and are available for purchase at Angle Park for a cost of $50. GRSA will take orders as required.
After consideration participants will be able to wear the Red Jackets at all times as they require regardless if raining or just cold however if being used on the way to the boxes it is requested that the “Only At The Dogs” vest is work over the top. GRSA will continue to monitor the use of these jackets.