Angle Park Racing Preview - 1.6.17
by The Shadow
The 2017 Howard Ashton final is race 8 on tonight’s 12 event programme and there look to be a heap of chances in the $25.000 to the winner final. Ben Rawlings has 2 major players in Crunchin Numbers and Deputy Speaker both won their respective semis in good fashion here last week and is sure to be right in the finish once again. Other highlights on the program are 2 very strong heats of the Shane McQueen over the 600m which are race’s 5 and 6. The kennel to follow for the night looks to be the Cameron Butcher team which looks to have several strong chances.
Race 1 - It’s always good if we can kick off with an early winner and Dyna Keitaro should do the honours, he is boxed to charge home over the top of them. We can’t leave out the newcomer in Bear’s Gold, he has handy Victorian form and is sure to be well tried. Box Up 1.2.4.7.
Race 2 - The Lauren Harris kennel has been firing lately and they have a handy one in Dorsal, he has been around the mark of late and gets his chance in this. Add in Blue Murray who is a very moderate beginner but he will be working home late. Box up 2.3.4.8.
Race 3 - The old fellow in Gun McBain is having his 153rd start tonight and is boxed for a forward showing, his recent short course form has been first class so he is a must for the trifecta punter. We can’t leave out Regal Looper who will be swooping late, he should get a clear run and be very hard to beat. Add in the pacey Harry Aztec out wide. Box Up 1.3.5.7.
Race 4 - Tricky event this one but it’s very hard to go past the inform Bogie Miracle in box 4, he was a big winner at Gawler last start in slick time and has a good turn of early pace so we will put him on top. The danger looks to be Alpha Alexander who ran a very good 2nd here last start in good time. Box Up 2.4.7.8.
Race 5 and this is the 1st of the 600m heats and a very good one at that, Cameron Butcher has Purpose Driven flying at the moment and she won by over 7L here last start in a quick 34.84 on that effort she is our pick. The danger will come from another inform runner in Inequity, he looks primed for this on his recent wins and is sure to be in the finish. Box Up 3.4.5.8.
Race 6 - The 2nd of the 600m heats and there is a lot of pace out wide in Eduardo and Sutton Steele, both are very smart when on the lure. Springvale Bryne has been freshened and is capable of running a cheeky race at odds. Box Up 2.3.4.7.
Race 7 - He is in outstanding form and that is On Fire, he has strung together 5 wins in a row at this venue in recent weeks and is drawn to win again. Striker Klinsman has been very disappointing of late but expect a forward showing from his rails draws tonight, add in Signal Peak for the trifecta. Box Up 1.2.3.5.
Race 8 - This is the final of the Howard Ashton and as mentioned earlier this race carries a more than handy $25.000 to the winner. The Ben Rawlings runners both look well placed and their recent form has been 1st class. Crunchin Numbers has the early pace so we will put him on top, Usain’s Squeeze has been racing well from inside draws but is drawn of the track in this one. At big value is Slippers Wish and he can add a bit of value to the pick 4. Box Up 1.4.5.8.
Race 9 - Whackin Theo flew home late last week when 3rd after finding early trouble and I would expect him to prove very hard to beat from box 1 tonight for Nicole Newlyn. Funky Monkey is returning from a spell and she loves to run a place as does Aston Hinkley. Box Up 1.3.4.8.
Race 10 - Lisa Rasmussen trained Tommy’s Tune will find this event more to his liking than his recent starts, he has drawn perfectly down in box 1 and will prove very hard to beat. Mauricio continues to taunt me as he looked the winner here last week and was run down right on the line so we can’t leave him out in this. Box up 1.4.5.7.
Race 11 - This looks wide open so it makes for a good 1st four bet, Forlano was a very good winner here 2 runs back winning in a handy 30.09, he has a good turn of early pace and looks one of the major players. Dawning Hope has been hit and miss of late and found a heap of trouble here last start but can improve from the wide draw, add Canya Sassy who loves to fill a place. Box up 3.6.7.8.
Race 12 - I like the inside 3 in this but they can all be tardy away on their night. Yoe won well from this draw 2 runs back and is very strong in the run home, Alpha Castor and Springvale Cooke will make their presence felt along with the pacey Long Gully Pete. Box Up 1.2.3.5
Best Bets
Race 1, No: 2 - Dyna Keitaro
Race 4, No: 4 - Bogie Miracle
Best Each Way
Race 3, No: 3 - Regal Looper
Best Roughie
Race 6, No: 3 - Springvale Bryne
ANGLE PARK TREBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 6,7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Treble Jackpot of $5,310.
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 FIRST 4 JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $5,000.
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 FIRST 4 JACKPOT
Race 7 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $5,000.
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.
HOBART DAILY DOUBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 7 & 8 tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Daily Double Jackpot of $3,085.
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park featuring the Final of the Group 3 Howard Ashton and two Heats of the Shane McQueen.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 1,2,7,4
Race 2: 3,2,1,4
Race 3: 1,7,3,8
Race 4: 5,4,2,8
Race 5: 8,7,5,2
Race 6: 2,7,4,8
Race 7: 2,3,7,6
Race 8: 5,4,6,8
Race 9: 1,6,4,7
Race 10: 7,1,6,4
Race 11: 3,2,6,8
Race 12: 3,6,5,1
Best Bets: Race 3, No: 1 - Gun McBain
Each-Way: Race 8, No. 5 - Victa Ollie
Roughie: Race 5, No. 5 - Zipping Zeus
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$8,565 Shane McQueen Feature Final – 600m (Heats 1/6/17)
$4,590 Heats Auction Main Series – 515m (Special Event. For those greyhounds sold through the 2015 Auction series. $26,000 Final 15/6/17)
$2,445 Grade 6 – 515m (For greyhounds who have won 1 race or Maiden Heat & Final)
$3,190 Bitches Grade 5 – 515m
$4,990 Mixed – 731m
Nominations close Monday 5th June at 9.00am with GRSA
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for June will be released in the next few weeks 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.
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2017 GROUP 3 HOWARD ASHTON TONIGHT
Last week at Angle Park there were three exciting semi-finals of the 2017 Howard Ashton where the first two placegetters and two fastest thirds from each semi-final qualified for tonight’s Group 3 final.
Semi Final winners were –
Usain’s Squeeze – 30.16
Deputy Speaker – 30.42
Crunchin Numbers – 30.21
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
1. Slipper’s Wish Derek Anderson
2. Farmin Lauren Harris
3. Kiowa Big Bow Bosco Stamekovioc
4. Crunchin Numbers Ben Rawlings
5. Victa Ollie Ron Schadow
6. Deputy Speaker Ben Rawlings
7. Pearl Cape Robert Harris
8. Usain’s Squeeze Nicole Newlyn
9. Whackin’ Theo (1st Res) Scr
10.Lonely Cowboy (2nd Res) Scr
The $37,500 Group 3 Final will be race 8 on the program and is listed to jump at 9.19pm (SA time).
GAWLER BREEDERS 2017 MOVED TO JULY 16 AND 23
After the Howard Ashton Final the final race in the Breeders 2017 pay up series is the Gawler Breeders 2017 in June.
However due to the cross over with the Auction Final GRSA has decided to move this series back into July to avoid a clash. The series was to be run on Sunday 11th and 18th June however this will now be conducted on Sunday 16th and 23rd July. This avoids the Auction and Gawler Produce series.
SHANE MCQUEEN HEATS
The Shane McQueen heats will also been run tonight and it is great to see two fabulous heats with some of the best middle distance greyhounds in the State doing battle over the 600m.
The first heat features Purpose Driven doing battle with Inequity, Disaaci, Zipping Zeus and Zipping Gator while the second heat see’s Springvale Bryne, Eduardo, Allen Oregon and Pure Presence the main chances.
It looks a fantastic series on paper with the first four from each heat qualifying for next week’s final which carries total prizemoney of $8,565.
The box draw for next week‘s final will be conducted oncourse after the running of Race 7 tonight.
GUN MCBAIN SHOOTING FOR NATIONAL RECORD
Iron dog Gun McBain will be shooting to equal a national record if he can win tonight’s Masters Event at Angle Park.
If successful he will have won 61 races at a TAB venue over his stellar career and equal Major Blaze’s national record of 61 TAB race wins in Australia. Major Blaze competed in the early 2000’s in Victoria. Gun McBain will start from box 1 in race 3 tonight due to start at 7.25pm local time.
GREYHOUND AUCTION MAIN SERIES – June 8 and 15
The Greyhound Auction Main series this year is on Thursday 8th June ($4,590 Heats) and Thursday 15th June ($26,000 Final – 1st $16,000, 2nd $5,000, 3rd $2,500, unplaced $500) for those greyhounds purchased through the 2015 Auction.
Please also note that there will be a $4,590 Consolation on Thursday 15th June for those that did not qualify for the final however trainers will need to renominate to be considered.
• Nominations close this Monday 5th June with GRSA at 9.00am.
EXTRA PRIZEMONEY FOR PORT AUGUSTA CUP MEETINGS – NOMS FOR CUP HEATS CLOSE TUESDAY 13th JUNE
The Port Augusta Greyhound Racing Club has advised that there will be $100 extra added to each race (excluding Cup Final) for meetings on 17th June (Cup Heats) and 1st July (Cup final). The Cup final will be worth $3,000 total prizemoney on 1st July.
* Nominations will close for Cup Heats with GRSA on Tuesday 13th June at 9.00am.
TIME GRADING UPDATE
GRSA has been working at achieving some of the outcomes from the recent Grading Review Panel meeting held on 28th April 2017.
Some items like cascading reserves need to be implemented by Ozchase however some do not.
We will be able to include greyhounds with 0 – 2 starts so every greyhound nominated will be eligible for consideration. The table below details the rating for 0-2 start greyhounds -
“A greyhound with 0 starts will be given a rating of 10 as a starting point. At its second start it will have the average of 10 and its first start. At its third start, it will be the average of the 2 lowest ratings, including the base rating of 10. ie if had 12, 12 from 2 starts, it will be 10 + 12 / 2 = 11”
For “Best to Worst” Time Grading (next meeting Monday 19th June) we will be able to include higher graded greyhounds into mixed events if there are insufficient nominations for a single race. The conditions of this are listed below -
“A Grade 4 can be mixed with a Grade 5 however a Grade 3 will not unless there is also a Grade 4 greyhound selected for that time graded race”
LURE TRIALS – UPDATE
After two weeks of trialling the dyed blue, yellow and white lure on Saturday mornings GRSA will continue the progression with trials heading towards racing.
There will be trialling opportunities on the new lure at Angle Park Tuesday night trials and Gawler Wednesday night and Thursday morning trials over the coming weeks. Details will be advised over the next few weeks -
Trialling of this lure will occur at the following trial sessions:
• Saturday 3rd June, 2017 (Free)
PRIZEMONEY EMAILS
With a change to who is sending out the email advise from GRSA to participants we are finding some participants are not easily finding the email correspondence.
Can participants please check the following:
A) Check your Junk folder
B) Look out for Jenny instead of Julie
C) Save the email address to your address book
It might keep happening week to week if you don’t mark the email address as recognised/safe. If participants have further issues please contact GRSA.
GOTBA NEWS
After consultation with the GOTBA some of their races have reverted back to 8 dog events rather than all 4 dog events as was conducted for their first two meetings.
With the Club receiving strong nominations the below criteria has been agreed for their meetings –
• Juvenile, Juvenile/Maidens and Maidens (that have not won on the circle will all be graded as 4 dog events). This will protect the more inexperienced greyhounds.
• Maidens (that have won 1 or more races on the circle), Novice, 1 stake, open etc will be graded as 8 dog events
This is all still dependent upon nominations received. The club will run 16 dog events for the Waterloo Cup, Oaks and Derby as per normal, depending upon nominations.
The GOTBA’s next meeting will be on Sunday 11th June.
BOOKING ON LINE FOR SATURDAY MORNING TRIALS AT ANGLE PARK
GRSA introduced the Online Booking process for Saturday morning trials recently. Bookings will be taken as per normal by phone and online at 12.30pm on the Thursday before.
Like Tuesday night these will be timeslots giving participants guaranteed bookings and allowing a smoother process. Trials on Saturday mornings start at 7.00am as normal with 25 minute blocks likely to go to around 10.30am. GRSA will monitor the bookings and attendance and may vary conditions and timeslots as required.
After the most recent ICG meeting GRSA will implement online bookings for trials at Gawler on Wednesday nights. This should happen in the next few weeks. Full details will be provided once the setup is completed.
KURT DONSBERG – ONCOURSE RACE NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THURSDAY’S
GRSA has been able to secure the services of Kurt Donsberg for Thursday nights oncourse photography.
Kurt is no stranger to greyhound racing as he is the son in law of industry stalwart John Oehme so his face will be familiar to many industry people. We appreciate Kurt coming on board to assist us with Thursday nights. Those participants looking for a photo please see Kurt on the night or contact GRSA.
FREE WIFI AT MCQUEENS AND CHASERS
The free wi-fi service is now up and running and is available to the public in both Chasers and McQueens. There should be no further issues.
ANGLE PARK QUALIFYING TRIALS – NOW WEEKLY
Angle Park Qualifying Trials will now be run 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:
June 6th (for APM meeting on 12th June – for APD Wednesday on 14th June)
June 13th (not for APM meeting on 19th June due to Time Grading – for APD Wednesday on 21st June)
Nominations close with GRSA at 12.30pm on the Tuesday of the meeting.
STRATHALBYN TRIALLING DATES
The following dates are for the next trial sessions at Strathalbyn -
Friday 2nd June
Wednesday 7th June
Friday 16th June (Qualifying Trials)
Wednesday 21st June
2017 AGRC/GREYHOUND RACING SA GREYHOUND AUCTION
The Greyhound Auction will be held on the 29th October 2017 making it the 4th one since its reintroduction.
The conditions have changed from last year due to breeding numbers and processes.
The main changes are –
• Extension of dates for eligible pups – increased to 1st October 16 to 31st June 17
• This will be a Reserve Auction with the vendor to pay commission on Reserve price if passed in to be eligible for the Race Series.
There will be more information in the coming weeks.
Conditions below -
Auction Date: 29th October 2017
Whelping Dates: 1st October 2016 to 31st June 2017
Entry Fee: $50 per pup (non-refundable)
Commission: 11%
Minimum Upset Price: $500
Fees to Enter Race Series: Nil
Race Series Dates: June 2019 (Greyhounds 23-32 months old)
Race Series Stakes: 1st- $16,000, 2nd-$5,000, 3rd- $2,500, Unpl- $500 (if more than 50 pups) Breeder/Nominator Bonuses: 1st- $3,500, 2nd-$2,500, 3rd- $1,500 (if more than 50 pups)
Special Conditions:
• Greyhounds purchased through the auction that are not SA Bred will be allowed the same grading exemptions in regards to Grade 6 and Juvenile races as locally bred greyhounds
• The main race series Heats and Final are scheduled for June 2019. One month before (May) there will be a Wednesday 388m series with Heats and Final for pups sold at the auction. There will also be a Wednesday heats 515m and Final Thursday night 515m held in July the month after the main race series