Angle Park Preview - Thursday 4th April 2019
by The Shadow
We certainly have a big night of racing ahead of us with the running of the 2019 SA Distance Championship (race 6 ) and the 2019 SA Sprint Championship (race 8 ), the Rasmussen kennel can nearly provide the Trifecta in the Sprint. As usual all races are Trifecta and First Four events and after last week when there were some big price winners that’s where the value lies again tonight.
Race 1 - Swift Timing is racing well for the Murray camp and looks well-drawn again down in box 3, she can kick us off on a winning note. Streak Ahead should only improve after winning on debut here last week as did Fantastic Arlo for Barry Stewart. Box Up 2.3.5.8.
Race 2 - Veteran trainer Darrell Johnstone has a handy one in Resolute Lee, he won here 2 starts back in a handy 30.09 from box 2, he can be hit and miss on lid rise but should bounce back from his defeat here last start. Galactic Titan has terrific Mount Gambier form and is a must for our Trifecta. Box Up 1.2.5.7.
Race 3 - The Kenny Gill chaser Windmill Haze has hit a purple patch with 3 straight wins over 600m in recent starts, he loves a wide draw and should go very close again over the sprint. Windsome Money led them a merry dance here last Thursday and went on to win in a smart 29.82, he is well drawn again and can’t be left out on that gallop. Box Up 1.5.7.8.
Race 4 - This is a handy grade 5 event and I like the well-drawn Unmistakable out in box 8, he has terrific form over the 600m winning here in quick times and he drops back to the sprint tonight and will be right in the mix at Each Way odds. Come On Enzo carved out a slick 29.61 here 2 runs back, he can be moody on box rise but is very smart when able to lead. Box Up 1.4.5.8.
Race 5 - This is the 600m event of the night and it looks a wide open affair. Federal Agent is resuming from a long break and is sure to be well tried 1st up for his new kennel. Mayhem Breeze has mixed form with a win at Sandown 3 runs back in 34.50 but hasn’t beaten a runner home at his past 2, the change of venue could be a big help so he must be kept safe. Waterloo Monelli is very smart on his night and is boxed for a bold showing. Box Up 2.3.7.8.
Race 6 - The Final of the 2019 Distance Championship and the inside 3 look the main chances, Dyna Quota led throughout for a strong 43.40 win from this draw at her 1st look at the track she can only improve. Billy’s Bake is working towards a win at this venue, he has been placed at both starts and is in the astute kennel of Gerry O’Keeffe. Cairnlea Jet found trouble in a 4 dog field here last week and is more than capable if able to lead. Box Up 1.2.3.5.
Race 7 - I like one in this who has been racing open company and that is Gemtree Dynamo down in box 3 , he has been missing the kick of late but I expect him to improve big time in the lower grade. Go Brandi should set the early pace and continues to run into the placings. Slippers Time and Flyrite can fill the First Four. Box Up 1.3.4.8.
Race 8 - The Final of the 2019 Anniversary Cup and it carries a handy $10,000 to the winner, there certainly is a heap of early pace in this but I still can’t go past Cawbourne Swade who continues to win in quick times, he carved out a B.O.N 29.60 here last week in the heats and should be competing for the lead early with Victa Ashley and Shimando but his track sense should get him over the line. Kennel mate and the veteran of the field Honcho Monelli was a massive run here last week when he was checked early and went back to last before flying home to run 2nd, I would love to see him win tonight as he is only a run or 2 away from retiring. Azalea Monelli and Private Nangar can add some big value for the First Four. Box Up 2.3.7.8.
Race 9 - Let’s hope we are in front on the betting side of things as the last 2 races are very open, the Judi Hurley kennel can win here with Madam Onyx down in box 1, she won at Gawler 2 runs back in the B.O.D and found trouble last start over the short at the same venue, she can kick up early here and is normally very strong. Aston Groucho has handy short course form and could pinch this with an ounce of early luck so he is a must for the First Four. Box Up 1.2.7.8.
Race 10 - The Hurley kennel could go home on a race to race double as they have a strong chance with Saldana in this, she is very strong and has won here twice in her last 5 starts in quick times, the small field is a bonus and we will put her on top. Dashing Hope and Max Dream can run into the placings. Box Up 1.4.6.8.
Best Bets
Race 4 NO 8 Unmistakable
Race 7 NO 3 Gemtree Dynamo
Best Each Way
Race 3 NO 8 Windmill Haze
Race 6 NO 2 Billy’s Bake
Best Roughie
Race 1 NO 5 Legendary Lao
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 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 each.
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 $2,770.
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 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 $7,143.
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 carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Quadrella Jackpot of $2,000.
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
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HOT WEATHER POLICY
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The Man In The Tower gives his selections for tonight’s outstanding night of racing at Angle Park.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 3,2,5,8
Race 2: 1,4,2,7
Race 3: 8,1,5,2
Race 4: 1,8,4,5
Race 5: 2,8,1,3
Race 6: 3,1,5,8
Race 7: 3,1,8,2
Race 8: 3,1,8,5
Race 9: 7,1,2,8
Race 10: 6,4,8,1
Best Bets: Race 5, No. 2 Max Shake
Each-Way: Race 4, No. 8 Unmistakable
Roughie: Race 8, No. 5 Love Made Me
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s huge night of racing at Angle Park including the SA Distance Championship Final and Anniversary Cup Final.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 3,2,8,7
Race 2: 2,1,5,4
Race 3: 1,5,8,2
Race 4: 1,5,4,8
Race 5: 8,2,7,4
Race 6: 2,3,1,5
Race 7: 3,1,4,2
Race 8: 8,3,2,1
Race 9: 8,7,1,5
Race 10: 4,6,2,1
Best Bets: Race 5, No. 8 Waterloo Monelli
Each-Way: Race 8, No. 8 Honcho Monelli
Roughie: Race 1, No. 7 Dusty Pearl
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$5,240 Heats Mixed Easter Cup – 600m (Mixed 3/4/5 greyhounds. $7,000 final 18/4/19)
$2,310 Open Maiden – 515m
$3,550 SA Owned Grade 5 – 515m
$5,290 Mixed – 731m
Nominations close Monday 8th April with GRSA at 9.00am.
LOCAL NEWS
2019 GAWLER PRODUCE – FINAL PAYMENT DUE TOMORROW
After the second payment was made in February there are still 84 greyhounds eligible for the 2019 Gawler Produce series which is terrific for the Club and is shaping as another exciting series.
The final is guaranteed at $22,000 which has a $7,000 bonus if a greyhound can win both the Produce final in July and the Gawler Gold Cup final in November later this year. 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.
SA DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL TONIGHT
There were two heats of the SA Distance Championship last week with heat winners being Dyna Quota (43.40) and Rajasthan (43.62). The final will be race 6 tonight due to start at 8.16pm.
$14,500 SA Distance Championship Final – Box Draw
1. Dyna Quota Nicole Stanley
2. Billy’s Bake Gerard O’Keefe
3. Cairnlea Jet Petar Jovanovic
4. Stitch Em’ Rose Shelley Trengove
5. Rajastahan Robert Camilleri
6. Coco Spectre Kevin Bewley
7. More Rum Bateman Kevin Murnane
8. Nations Tony Rasmussen
BARGAIN STEEL CENTRE ANNIVERSARY CUP FINAL TONIGHT
There were two heats of the SA Anniversary Cup last week with heat winners being Cawbourne Swade (29.60) and Azalea Monelli (29.67).
The final will be race 8 tonight due to start at 8.58pm.
$13,750 Bargain Steel Centre Anniversary Cup Final – Box Draw
1. Victa Ashley Mike Giniotis
2. Azalea Monelli Tony Rasmussen
3. Cawbourne Swade Lisa Rasmussen
4. Diamond Heart Lisa Rasmussen
5. Love Made Me Troy Murray
6. Shimando Tony Rasmussen
7. Private Nangar Troy Murray
8. Honcho Monelli Tony Rasmussen
9. Victa Caleb SCR
10. Come On Enzo SCR
SA GREYHOUNDS INTERSTATE TONIGHT & SATURDAY
Notable SA Bred and Owned greyhounds Sennachie, Tauwitchere and Red Rock are all engaged tonight at Sandown in the rich Launching Pad Heats.
Tauwitchere is in Race 1 at 6.37pm SA time drawn box 7, Sennachie is in race 7 at 8.37pm drawn box 8 and Red Rock is in race 10 drawn box 4 at 9.37pm with all genuine winning chances and atleast a chance of progressing through to the semi finals.
After tonight’s Heats the Semi-Finals are on Thursday, 11th April and the $150,000 to the winner Launching Pad final will be run on Thursday, 18th April.
On Saturday night Fabwik will compete at Wentworth Park in a Heat of the Golden Easter Egg, she is engaged in Race 9 and drawn 3 in a very winnable heat. She will hopefully progress through the series with the Group 1 Golden Easter Egg Final held on Saturday night 20th April.
VIRGINIA TRIALS TO START THIS SUNDAY
The Club has advised that trials will be run this coming Sunday at Virginia and bookings are to be as per usual by ringing Trevor Whelan on 0414838087. Trials will not be starting until 9am and trainers are required to bring their own catchers
The Clubs first two meetings will be the usual 4-dog events and then move to 8 dog events. The first Coursing meeting will be on Sunday 14th April.
VALE DENISE FYSH
GRSA was saddened to hear that Denise Fysh from the Hobart Greyhound Racing Club had passed away this week.
Denise was a strong contributor on the National scene with her work on AGRA and Greyhound Clubs Australia over many years. A terrific administrator in Tasmania she was well liked and respected throughout Australia. GRSA send sincere condolences to her family at this time.
600M EASTER CUP HEATS – NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY
The $5,240 heats of the Mixed 3/4/5 Easter Cup will be run over 600m for a $7,000 final on Thursday, 18th April .
• Nominations close on Monday, 8th April at 9.00am with GRSA.
EASTER FEATURES AT GAWLER ON EASTER MONDAY
Easter racing comes to Gawler next month with both the Gawler Future Stars final and Gawler Easter Sprint programmed on Monday, 22nd April.
The Gawler Future Stars will be conducted as heats for SA Bred greyhounds whelped in 2017 on Friday, 12th April over the 531m with a $4,000 final on Easter Monday. Also on Easter Monday will be the Gawler Easter Sprint for Grade 4 and Grade 5 greyhounds over the 531m worth $3,000. It’s going to be a terrific night of racing on the Monday night over the Easter break.
• Nominations for the Gawler Future Stars heats close at 9.00am on Monday, 8th April.
“EASTAR” MATCH RACE SERIES IS ONLY WEEKS AWAY
The “SA Eastar” will be held on Thursday night, 18th April (Easter) at Angle Park.
Eligibility for South Australian 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 any Angle Park meeting since 1st December, 2018 their fastest winning time will be recognised and put them on the list for selection. Greyhounds will also have an opportunity to trial in an effort to improve their position.
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.
Top 20 eligible greyhounds so far that has won and broken 30 seconds at Angle Park since 1st December 2018 that are eligible are –
1. Shima Breeze – 29.30
2. Red Rock – 29.44
3. Cawbourne Swade – 29.48
4. Victa Ashley – 29.55
5. Come On Enzo – 29.61
6. Alfieri – 29.62
7. Premier Double – 29.62
8. Honcho Monelli – 29.64
9. Querencia- 29.67
10. Alicante Bouchet – 29.70
11. Bailey Rocks – 29.71
12. Time’s Right – 29.73
13. Love Made Me – 29.74
14. Westside Nippa – 29.74
15. Black Antico – 29.79
16. Star Anise – 29.80
17. Vermouth – 29.80
18. Gemtree Dynamo – 29.81
19. Unique Edition – 29.81
20. Winsome Money – 29.82
“EASTAR” MATCH RACE TRIALLING CONDITIONS – FINAL TRIAL DATE NEXT THURSDAY
Final trial date will be Thursday 11th April at the Angle Park race meeting over the 515m.
There will be up to eight trials conducted each night, with a maximum of two dogs per trial and a total of 8 greyhounds trialling per night. These trials will be run between races at the discretion of the stewards. Trainers must book these trials with Greyhound Racing SA by 11.00am on the day. All greyhounds will be eligible to trial, whether on the current list of greyhounds that have broken 30 seconds in winning since 1st December, 2018 at Angle Park to improve their position or haven’t won over the 515m from 1st December, 2018. Local eligibility conditions still apply.
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 ones 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 TO REPLACE OLD BLUE JACKETS
After consultation through the ICG panel GRSA has purchased new Red Jackets for winter to be available as a replacement for the Blue Drizeabone Jackets which are now no longer available.
These jackets will be available from Monday next week at the tracks so long as we can get them to the venues (Angle Park, Gawler, Murray Bridge and Mount Gambier). They are available from purchase for a cost of $50 at Angle Park for your own use at the track.
GAWLER TO RACE IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE ON TUESDAY 14TH MAY 2019
After GRSA received a request from Racing Queensland to assist with a movement of their race meetings on Tuesday 14th May 2019, GRSA in conjunction with the Gawler Greyhound Racing Club have moved their normal Tuesday Day Meeting (Sky 1) into the Tuesday Twilight Timeslot (Sky 1).
Our first race on this day will start around 3.20pm and finish around 6.20pm. GRSA appreciates the Gawler GRC and other users of the Gawler venue on this day being flexible to assist with this time change. GRSA is happy to assist other States with programming changes where possible to assist those Clubs and Authorities.
Delete: Gawler – Tuesday 14th May 2019 (TAB) Day
Add: Gawler – Tuesday 14th May 2019 (TAB) Twilight