Angle Park Preview - Thursday 31st January, 2019
by The Shadow
There looks to be highlights a plenty throughout a big night of racing here at Headquarters, we have a massive 12 events and on paper we should have a good night on the punt. As always, all races are Trifecta and First Four and that is where the value has been in recent weeks.
Race 1 - Red Rock is a very smart pup, he has won his past 2 here in good fashion and should be hard to beat again from the inside draw. Unique Edition won from this draw 2 runs back and is the big danger. Box Up 1.2.3.6.
Race 2 - With only the 4 runners it gives Emmy Gray a big chance, she is a speedy type who might be able to pinch this. Invictus Nina charged home to run 2nd here last start and will be doing the same again tonight - Box Up 2.4.7.8.
Race 3 - Premier Double is racing very well along with Vermouth who looks hard to beat. Wrackmere for the minors. Box Up 1.2.3.5.
Race 4 - Honcho Monelli flew late after early trouble to run 2nd here last week and is boxed to break through here tonight, he should be more than handy into the back and win. Harbormaster is racing well and is boxed to run into the placings. Box Up 1.2.7.8.
Race 5 - The Murray kennel has been snagging a few winners lately and they can do the same again with Spring Double down in box 1, he won over the short at Gawler last start and won here 3 starts back in 30.26. Go Brandi is very quick early and is my roughie of the night, she looks the leader and is a chance of pinching this with luck. Box Up 1.3.4.5.
Race 6 - Croydon Boys will be charging late and won well at Murray Bridge last start in 30.06 from a wide draw he is a huge threat. Add Stack The Aces and Born Billy for the Trifecta. Box Up 1.4.5.7
Race 7 - There certainly are a few chances in this so it makes for a terrific First Four event. Dyna Maple has the form on the board including a last start win here in 30.24, she should go very close again on recent efforts. Dynamo Jezz is drawn to run into the placings as is Mepunga Gal. Box Up 1.2.5.7.
Race 8 - The inside 3 here look the main chances, I will go with Shimando who is well proven in this grade. Long Gully Gus has been in the money in 10 of his 13 runs here and has won his past 3 all in good fashion, Rhynstone Teddy hasn’t missed a cheque in his last 4 runs and will be working home late, Box Up 1.2.3.7.
Race 9 - This is the 1st of the 600m and its very hard to go past Nations who is flying at the moment, he won over this trip 2 runs back in a slick 34.84 by a massive 10 lengths and backed it up with a win over the 731m last week, we will put him on top but he will be skinny odds. Motown Kenny and Spring Spinner for the placings. Box Up 1.2.6.8
Race 10 - The Murray kennel can get a double for the night if Private Nangar continues his recent form, he won here last start from box 3 in a more than handy 30.02 and is drawn for a bold showing again. Zinnia Monelli will be doing her best work late as will Stitch Em’ Rosey. Box Up 1.5.6.8
Race 11 - With only the 4 runners Cairnlea Jet should bounce back into the winner circle, he is a class act on his night and with 8 wins from his 13 starts over the trip looks the measuring stick. Ethics and Phils Green for the minors. 1 from 3 and 5. 7
Race 12 - On a huge night of racing its always good if we can leave on a winning note and we can do that with Lektra Theory out in box 6, he can be hit and miss early but is very strong late and the extra distance should be a huge benefit tonight. Max Dream and Menzies can run into the placings. Box Up 2.4.6.8.
Best Bets
Race 4 NO 2 Honcho Monelli
Race 12 NO 6 Lektra Theory
Best Each Way
Race 6 NO 7 Croydon Boys
Best Roughie
Race 5 NO 5 Go Brandi
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 DOUBLE TRIO JACKPOT
Race’s 7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Double Trio Jackpot of $680.
ANGLE PARK QUADRELLA JACKPOT
Race’s 5,6,7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Quadrella Jackpot of $2,000.
ALBION PARK QUINELLA JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Quinella Jackpot of $6,920.
ALBION PARK QUADRELLA JACKPOT
Race’s 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 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 each race.
HOBART QUADRELLA JACKPOT
Race’s 5, 6, 7 & 8 tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Quadrella Jackpot of $2,000.
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
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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: 3,1,6,5
Race 2: 8,7,2,4
Race 3: 2,3,7,8
Race 4: 2,8,1,4
Race 5: 1,3,5,6
Race 6: 1,7,4,5
Race 7: 2,1,8,5
Race 8: 1,2,7,3
Race 9: 1,6,8,2
Race 10: 1,2,6,8
Race 11: 1,3,5,7
Race 12: 6,4,8,2
Best Bets: Race 6, No. 1 Stack The Aces
Each-Way: Race 3, No. 2 Vermouth
Roughie: Race 10, No. 2 Dance And Sing
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park -
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 1,3,5,6
Race 2: 8,7,4,2
Race 3: 3,2,7,5
Race 4: 2,1,8,4
Race 5: 3,1,5,4
Race 6: 1,7,5,2
Race 7: 7,2,1,5
Race 8: 2,3,1,8
Race 9: 1,8,2,6
Race 10: 1,3,5,6
Race 11: 1,5,7,3
Race 12: 4,6,8,2
Best Bets: Race 1, No. 1 Unique Edition
Each-Way: Race 12, No. 4 Closing Midnight
Roughie: Race 7, No. 7 Just Did It
MURRAY BRIDGE GRAND OPENING ON SUNDAY, 3RD FEBRUARY
It will be a huge event this coming Sunday (February 3) where Racing Minister, Corey Wingard, will be on-site at Murray Bridge to officially open our new dual track venue. In conjunction with those proceedings, the interior of the main patron facility will be largely roped off for the duration of that race meeting.
Trainers and patrons will still be able to access the internal bar, wagering and toilet facilities. There will be plenty going on outside the venue with a marquee with dining tables and chairs as well as separate tables in front of the patron facility, food and beverage vans, additional wagering services at the base of the tower; and face painting and a computer game van will be available for children.
All registered participants will be offered a free meal from the BBQ and coffee. Tokens will be made available to all registered participants on presentation of their participant card to GRSA’s Chris Luong who will be setup at the kennel-house at the start of the race meeting.
Racing will also be huge with three finals worth a combined $14,000 and features high quality chasers like Eye Got It, Steel, Benaud and Shimando in the 395m Bridge To Opportunity Cup (Race 3). In the Murray Bridge Community Club Cup over the 530m (Race 5) Sarina Monelli, Love Made Me, Croydon Boys and Gemtree Dynamo look top chances while the SA Derby winner from last year Nervous An Weird from Victoria takes on Fantastic Chief, Shima Mart and Master Chaos in the 455m Rural City of Murray Bridge Cup (Race 7).
Sky Racing will be conducting a live Outside Broadcast from the site and a second camera will be present to capture interviews for the Catching Pen.
SA FLAVOUR FOR TEMLEE, ROOKIE REBEL AND ZOOM TOP INVITEES
Over 50 of the very best chasers have been invited to compete in three Group 1 invitationals at The Meadows – including the Temlee (525m), Rookie Rebel (600m) and Zoom Top (725m) on February 16 including two top South Australians.
Congratulations to both Honcho Monelli for Tony Rasmussen and Sennachie who has recently been sent to the kennels of Steve White from Kirin Corby for being initially invited to the Temlee. It’s a high quality list so to have them make it, it is a great achievement. Hopefully the likes of SA Sprint winner Shima Breeze, Fabwik, Nations and Cairnlea Jet can push their case in the coming weeks for an invite to the Group 1 events. The 16th of February kicks off the three-week TAB Australian Cup Carnival, with a total of over $1.3 million dollars in prize money up for grabs.
GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR ON SATURDAY, 23RD FEBRUARY AT GAWLER
The date is set for the Greyhound of the Year function at Gawler on Saturday night, 23rd February 2019. It will be terrific to have our prestigious event at the Gawler venue again this year with the response from those that attended last year very positive.
Book your table ASAP - $60 per head or $500 for a table of 10. Phone 8243 7120.
FINALISTS FOR THE 2018 TAB SA GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR
The Greyhound of the Year Selection Panel met on Thursday and determined the Finalists for the 2018 TAB SA Greyhound of the Year. The panel members will now cast their individual votes on the title, with the winner announced at the Awards Dinner at Gawler on Saturday 23rd February. The Greyhound of the Year Panel members are also voting on the SA Bred GOTY, SA Distance GOTY and SA Sprinting GOTY to be announced at the Awards Dinner.
The Finalists are:
CAIRNLEA JET
2018 Starts 36-1sts 17, 2nds 2, 3rds 3
(Bekim Bale x Cairnlea Elle) Owner – Jan Hubbard
Trainer – Petar Jovanovic
2018 Prizemoney $57,070
Greyhound of the Month –April
- (scored votes in 2 months)
FABWIK
2018 Starts 35-1sts 20, 2nds 4, 3rds 5
(Fabregas x Wikena)
(SA Bred) Owner – Kirin Corby
Trainer – Kirin Corby
2018 Prizemoney $57,648
Greyhound of the Month –
- (scored votes in 4 months)
HONCHO MONELLI
2018 Starts 45-1sts 20, 2nds 12, 3rds 5
(Mogambo x Jackie Bale) Owners – Tim Aloisi & Matthew Lehman
Trainer – Tony Rasmussen
2018 Prizemoney $121,850
Greyhound of the Month – March, May, October & November
- (scored votes in 7 months)
NATIONS
2018 Starts 26-1sts 14, 2nds 3, 3rds 1
(Barcia Bale x Haves) Owners – Tim Aloisi, Damien Bates, Michael Mcsorley & Matthew Lehman
Trainer – Tony Rasmussen
2018 Prizemoney $49,231
Greyhound of the Month – September
- (scored votes in 2 months)
SHIMA BREEZE
2018 Starts 28 -1sts 13, 2nds 7, 3rds 4
(Fernando Bale x Shimaguni) Owners – Tim Aloisi & Matthew Lehman
Trainer – Tony Rasmussen
2018 Prizemoney $61,907
Greyhound of the Month – December
- (scored votes in 4 months)
2018 RUN OF THE YEAR VOTING – OPENS ON MONDAY
Voting will start on Monday 4th February for your 2018 Run of the Year and a chance to win a dinner for 2 at Chasers! Choose from the four finalists chosen by our panel - and they are all absolutely fantastic runs so make sure to jump on the GRSA website from Monday to vote! Voting closes Monday 11th February. The winning run will have the highest tally consisting of 50% GOTY panel and 50% public votes. You must be signed into your The Dogs account to be able to vote and one vote per person.
A - APRIL (26th April Race 8 No 2) – Cairnlea Jet
The Run of the Month for April was Cairnlea Jet for trainer Petar Jovanovic for his performance at Angle Park on Thursday, 26th April in the Anniversary Cup final. Cairnlea Jet was taking on the best sprinters in the State and ran a super race. From box 2 he was able to position just off the pace in second spot before exploding to the front down the back straight. From there he was powerful to the line running a super 29.45 for the 515m journey in winning by 2 lengths against a very strong field. His splits were 4.45, 16.82 with a run home of 12.63.
B - JULY (1st July Race 7 No 8) – Rockoon
The Run of the Month for July was Rockoon for Tracie Price at Mt Gambier on 1st July over the 512m in an Open event where he ran 29.28 setting a new track record! Beginning from box 8 Rockoon jumped well, swooping around the first bend to find himself in a great position near the front of the pack before he accelerated down the back straight leaving his rivals in his wake and going on to win by 8.5 lengths breaking the previous track record by an impressive 2 lengths
C - AUGUST (2nd August Race 5 No 7) – Honcho Monelli
The Run of the Month for August was the Tony Rasmussen trained Honcho Monelli for his brilliant performance at Angle Park on Thursday 2nd August. He started a warm favourite in a heat of the National Sprint State series and he didn’t disappoint his fans. Beginning fairly from box 7 he raced midfield before making his customary move down the back straight where he swooped upon the leaders in a blink of an eye. He raced away in the run home to win by an ever increasing 8.75 lengths in a sizzling 29.42 for the 515m journey. His splits were 4.54 and 16.86 with a powerful run home of 12.56.
D - NOVEMBER (22nd November Race 2 No 2) – Sennachie
The Run of the Month for November was in a Maiden event by a greyhound having its first start in a race. Sennachie for Kirin Corby created a massive impression on debut when the son of Fernando Bale and Rhonda Rocks blistered around the Angle Park loam in a sizzling 29.52 for the 515m journey on Thursday 22nd November. He won by almost 19 lengths and recorded a time for a Maiden that very few Maidens have replicated over the years.
ST LEGER HEATS ON THURSDAY, 14TH FEBRUARY
A reminder to trainers that the St Leger heats for greyhounds whelped on or after 1st July, 2016 are to be run on Thursday, 14th February with the final on Thursday, 21st February.
Prizemoney for the St Leger series is – Heats - $4,820, Final - $10,710
Nominations close with GRSA at 9am on Monday, 11th February.
HOT WEATHER POLICY
A reminder to trainers with the hot weather upon us to make sure they are aware of the conditions relating to the Hot Weather Policy. This policy is available on the GRSA website and also at the track.
2019 GAWLER PRODUCE – SECOND PAYMENT DUE FRIDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY
After nominations were finalised for the 2019 Gawler Produce Stakes GRSA has guaranteed final stakemoney of $22,000 with an estimate for the total series prizemoney around $40,000. The series is for greyhounds whelped in 2017.
The racing dates for this series will be heats on Friday, 21st June 2019, semi-finals on Friday, 28th June 2019 and the final on Sunday, 7th July 2019.
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 on 15th February, 2019 with paperwork to be sent out shortly. The third and final payment is due on Friday, 5th April 2019.
EMERLEY PARK WILL NOT TRIAL ON MONDAYS
GRSA has been advised that Emerley Park has now been closed for Monday trials. Emerley Park will be opening on this coming Saturday morning (19/1) from 8 am onwards for those trainers who have young puppies that need educating. Emerley Park will provide these services for education on day/days to suit with regard to weather, racing, trialling etc.
The straight is being maintained on a daily basis to ensure a safe surface for “free” galloping.
Please contact Judi Hurley on her landline 08 8520 2347 for more information. Please leave a message if there is no answer.
MURRAY BRIDGE CUP & MOUNT GAMBIER CUPS IN MARCH WITH BIG BONUSES
It will be a big month of racing in March particularly for the Murray Bridge Club and Mount Gambier Clubs when they will conduct their Cup meetings.
The Murray Bridge Cup heats will be conducted on Friday, 8th March (as the Murray Bridge Speedway is on the Sunday night, Murray Bridge and Gawler have swapped) with the $15,000 to the winner (listed event) to be run on Sunday night, 17th March.
The Mount Gambier Cup heats will be on Sunday, 24th March with the $15,000 to the winner (listed event) final on Sunday, 31st March.
GRSA will introduce a couple of bonuses to link both events which will include a $5,000 bonus if the same dog can win both the Murray Bridge Cup and Mount Gambier Cup and a $5,000 trainer bonus if the same trainer can win both Cups (SA or Interstate or different dogs).
LOCAL MATCH RACE SERIES “THE SA EASTAR” IN APRIL
The SA Local Match Race series nicknamed “The SA Eastar” will be held on Thursday night, 18th April (Easter) at Angle Park. Eligibility for South Australia local greyhounds will be based around the Nationals conditions. They will need to be trained in SA 76 days out of the last 150 prior to the close of nominations.
Selection for this series will only be based around winning times at Angle Park. For greyhounds that have run over the 515m at Angle Park on any meeting since 1st December, 2018 their fastest winning time will be recognised and put them on the list for selection.
The head to head matches will be decided based on the final listing and nominations. Match 1 will be 1 v 4, Match 2 will be 2 v 3, Match 3 will be 5 v 8 and Match 4 will be 6 v 7. There will be no manual selection from the Grader. The top 4 seeded greyhounds will be rewarded with more prizemoney.
The overall winner of the local Match Race series will be guaranteed a spot in the State of Origin Match race series (SA V Vic) in September so long as it is nominated and eligible to represent SA.
Winners of match races –
Match 1 – 1 v 4 $4,500, Match 2 – 2 v 3 $4,000, Match 3 – 5 v 8 $3,500, Match 4 – 6 v 7 $3,000
There will be no unplaced money. Overall SA Eastar winner (based on overall times) - $5,000, second $2,500, third $1,000.
Those greyhounds that have won and broken 30 seconds at Angle Park since 1st December 2018 . Updated 29/1/19 –
- Shima Breeze – 29.30
- Cawbourne Swade – 29.48
- Sennachie – 29.51
- Fabwik – 29.51
- Querencia- 29.67
- Lektra Theory 29.72
- Bailey Rocks – 29.74
- Red Rock – 29.78
- Don’t Quote Me – 29.79
- Star Anise – 29.80
- Gemtree Dynamo – 29.81
- Come On Enzo – 29.81
- Shima Mart – 29.84
- Jack Get Back – 29.84
- Honcho Monelli – 29.86
- Don Lesta – 29.88
- Rachel Zane – 29.88
- Shimando – 29.89
- He’s Okay – 29.93
- Eedee Keepsake – 29.94
- Dyna Quail – 29.95
- Come On Enzo – 29.95
- Merindah – 29.96
- Dyna Adria – 29.96
- Love Made Me – 29.97
- Fantastic Chief – 29.99
GRSA TRIALLING SCHEDULE UPDATED
- Murray Bridge from 6pm Tuesday and 9am Friday. STAT and Qualys once a month to be run at 6.50pm – 7.15pm the same as Angle Park. Dates will be Tuesday 5/2/19, 5/3/19, 2/4/19, 14/5/19, 11/6/19.
- Gawler from 7am Monday and 7am Thursday. Thursday is STAT and Qualys every week
- Angle Park from 6pm Wednesday and 7am Saturday. STAT and Qualys every Wednesday for the corresponding Monday APM meeting (12 days later due to nominations)
- Please note when trialling at Angle Park a ticket is required. To get a ticket trainers must advise staff by paying or for payment to go onto their account. Staff have been advised that greyhounds cannot trial without a ticket being presented.
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next week's Angle Park meeting features –
$4,820 Mixed Masters Feature Final – 515m (Heats 31/1/19)
$2,310 Open Maiden – 515m
$2,565 Grade 6 – 515m (For greyhounds who have won one race or Maiden Heat & Final)
$3,450 Grade 5 Biiches Only – 515m
$3,965 Mixed – 600m
$5,240 Free For All – 731m
Nominations close Monday 4th February with GRSA at 9.00am.