Angle Park Racing Preview - 12.1.17

12/01/2017
Racing News

by The Shadow

Tonight’s racing has brought together quality spread throughout the evening.  We all had to pause last week when Worm Burner finished unplaced, but he can bounce back in the 5^th tonight from box 8.  The champ doesn’t take defeat lightly. Texas Titan was one of the biggest runs I have seen in a long time when he won at Gawler last start in quick time. He must have caught the Gawler train into the back as he was a mile from the leader and rattled home to win, He fronts up in race 6.  Add to that the distance debut of Bogie Bekim here last week, when he led throughout to win by over 9 lengths in a slick 43.11 and looks to have stamped his authority as the new stayer on the block.

Race 1 and age shall not weary him and that is Gun McBain.  The old fellow appears well suited here out in box 8 and can lead and win.  The main dangers look to be Cyclone Clifford who will be flying home and What’s Up Herbie.  Box Up 1.2.5.8.

Race 2 - This is a very open affair with at least 5 chances so for me it’s a good First 4 event.  The new comer in Dyna Yamba will be our value runner.  He hasn’t raced since September last year in Victoria so we have to put him in.  Play Alone is well drawn and is more than capable when on song.  Box Up 1.2.4.6.

Race 3 and I like a roughie in this in Springvale Paris, she won here two starts back in handy time and with moderate beginners around her she might be able to lead and win.  Windmill Haze has only had a handful of starts and looks to be a promising type and he should be right in the finish.  Box up 2.4.5.6.

Race 4 is another toughie and this will be a good trifecta and first 4 betting affair.  Relton is very hit and miss but should find this a lot easier than his past couple.  Expect a big improvement from him tonight.  Dixie Anne and Zipping Gator are in the same category. Box Up 2.3.6.8

Race 5, he was beaten here last week and that is the champ Worm Burner.  But rarely does he run out of the money twice in a row, he should bounce back and show his true form.  Allinga Val is a pacey type and Caustic Bale will be running on late.  Box Up 2.3.6.8.

Race 6, this looks a two dog race with the book ends in Aston Kody and Marlow Brown both having terrific early pace, they are very hard to separate for mine.   Run The Jewels is our value runner at big odds.  She is in terrific form and will be running on late.  Box Up 1.2.6.8

Race 7 - venture out to Trace Amount in box 8, She has been racing well of late and has the early pace to cross and win.  Mclaren Chief tends to find trouble in his races but is a place hope with early luck.  Box Up 1.3.4.7.

Race 8 - High Eden Snow is a youngster with a big future and from his wide draw tonight will take a power of beating again.  Molly Dobbs can never be overlooked as he bobs up at big odds from time to time so he has to be put into the trifectas.  Box Up 2.3.5.8.

Race 9 - the Distance affair and as mentioned earlier the Ben Rawlings trained Bogie Bekim scorched the  track with a slick 43.11 win here last week winning by over 9 Lengths, he is hard to tip against on that effort.  Springvale Bryne is the danger and Parsec Bale will be the flying home late out wide.  Take all the evens 2.4.6.8.

Race 10 - the Rasmussen kennel might have a handy night and we will go with a newcomer in Top Weight from their kennel, he has won 4 from 28 along with 9 placings and is sure to be well tried on debut.  Another of their runners in Dyna Chirpy is well boxed down on the fence and can’t be left out.  Box Up 1.3.4.7.

Race 11 - I like the inside three with Wayne’s Error our top pick.  He is drawn to be with them early and send us home on a winning note.  Flying Mal and Hesa Jayclo will be running on.  Box Up 1.2.3.6.

Best Bets

Race 5, No: 8 - Worm Burner ( the champ will bounce back)

Race 7, No: 8 - Trace Amount

Best Each Way

Race 1, No: 1 - Cyclone Clifford

Best Roughies

Race 3 No: 6 - Springvale Paris

Race 4, No: 8 Relton

 

UBET JACKPOTS TONIGHT

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 $6,086.

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.

ALBION PARK TRIFECTA JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Trifecta Jackpot of $10,000.

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.

HOBART DAILY DOUBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 7 & 8 tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Daily Double Jackpot of $2,630.

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.

The Man from the Tower give us all the tips for tonight’s terrific 11 event card of racing at Angle Park.

First 4 selections –

Race 1:          8,2,5,1

Race 2:          1,4,5,2

Race 3:          5,2,6,7

Race 4:          8,6,3,2

Race 5:          8,2,6,4

Race 6:          8,1,7,6

Race 7:          8,6,1,4

Race 8:          8,3,1,6

Race 9:          4,2,6,8

Race 10:        1,4,7,8

Race 11:        1,3,2,6

Best Bet:         Race 6, No. 8 Marlow Brown

Each-Way:      Race 8, No. 1 Asa Flying Spur

Roughie:         Race 2, No 5 Avatar Yappa

The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s intriguing night of racing at Angle Park including the heats of the SA Sprint Championship.

First 4 selections –

Race 1:          8,1,5,2

Race 2:          2,3,8,9

Race 3:          5,2,4,6

Race 4:          7,2,6,5

Race 5:          8,3,2,4

Race 6:          8,1,2,4

Race 7:          8,1,4,6

Race 8:          8,5,2,3

Race 9:          2,4,6,8

Race 10:        7,4,1,2

Race 11:        3,2,1,4

 

Best Bets:        Race 8, No: 8 - High Eden Snow

Each-Way:      Race 10, No: 7 - Stick Fugure

Roughie:         Race 4, No: 7 - Hy Guard

 

KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH

The monthly Kennel Capers for January was released this week 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.

 

ANGLE PARK THURSDAY

Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –

$22,000 Bargain Steel Centre SA Sprint Championship Final – 515m (Heats 12/1/17)

$3,190 Heats John Gray Grade 5 Feature – 515m ($8,565 Final 26/1/17)

$4,990 FFA – 731m

Nominations close Monday 16^th January at 9.00am with GRSA

 

KENNEL HOUSE OPEN 30 MINUTES EARLIER TONIGHT AT ANGLE PARK

As per the GRSA Hot Weather Policy the Kennel House tonight at Angle Park will be open 30 minutes earlier from 4.45pm.

 

RACE NIGHT DESK UNAVAILABLE TONIGHT

Due to staffing arrangements for tonight we unfortunately will not have staff behind the Race Night Office counter. The area will be open to participants to take fields and race results as per normal.

The Trainers Fee will be paid upstairs by Hospitality staff between 4.30pm and 6.30pm.

GRSA will provide signage for industry participants and if there is paperwork to be lodged please try and organise with the fulltime staff prior to each Thursday night or drop it in the letter box or the overnight box near the old Administration entry point.

GRSA apologises if this causes inconvenience tonight.

ANGLE PARK TRACK TURNOVER TOMORROW

The GRSA Maintenance Department will undertake track works at Angle Park tomorrow (Friday 13th January). These works will include a turnover of the existing Angle Park surface and re-establishing the levels and camber of the track.

As a result of this maintenance, the normal trial session set for this Saturday 14th January is cancelled.

BASIC STEEL SUPPLIES SA SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP HEATS TONIGHT

The $4,590 heats of the Basic Steel Supplies SA Sprint Championship are conducted tonight with some of the best local sprinters in the state gathered together.

In the first heat Group 1 National Sprint Champion Worm Burner will be looking to bounce back into the winners list and has drawn perfectly in box 8. He will be challenged by the super competitive Mrs Bubbles along with Allinga Val, Caustic Bale and Crisis Bale.

In the second heat it looks a match race between Aston Kody off the red and Marlow Brown from the pink however the likes of experienced campaigners Texas Titan and Coorong Kid cannot be left out along with the improving Run The Jewels and Dyna Keitaro who is now in the care of the flying Lisa Rasmussen team.

The first four from each heat will progress through to next week’s final run on Thursday 19th January worth $22,000.

The Box Draw will be conducted oncourse tonight after the running of Race 8.

 

GAWLER THIS TUESDAY SHIFTED FROM A DAY TO MORNING MEETING DUE TO EXTREME HEAT

With extreme heat forecast in the Gawler region on Tuesday GRSA has shifted the Gawler meeting on the 17^th January from a Day meeting to a Morning meeting. The Gawler meeting will now start at 9.50am with the last of 12 to be run at 1.13pm. Kennelling times will be 8.30am to 9.15am. The Ballarat greyhound meeting has also been shifted to the Morning timeslot due to extreme heat forecast in Victoria on Tuesday.

GRSA thanks Sky Racing and the Gawler GRC for their support.

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JOHN GRAY HEATS NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT

The time honoured John Gray series will kick off next Thursday night with $3,190 heats run on Thursday 19th January and the $8,565 final on Thursday 26^th January. The series is for Grade 5 greyhounds over the 515m journey.

A special mention to the AGRC who again are supporting the John Gray Final in 2017 and have been great supporters of this race for many years. Special thanks to local racing identity Ron Johnson who kindly donates a trophy each year for the winning connections.

Nominations close on Monday 16th January 2016 at 9.00am with GRSA.

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GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR ON FRIDAY 10^TH FEBRUARY AT GAWLER

The date has been set for the Greyhound of the Year function at Gawler on Friday night 10th February 2017. It will be exciting to have our prestigious event at the Gawler venue for the first time with the awards looking very interesting this year.

To assist with the promotion of the evet GRSA called all the race names on Monday night at Angle Park after past GOTY winners. It will be also our intention to do this again on a Thursday night in a lead up to our Night of Nights and recognize our past champions.

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OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE INDUSTRY AWARD NOMINATION FORM

As part of the GOTY awards GRSA present an Outstanding Service to the Industry Award and are calling for nominations. Nomination forms are available on line and from the Racing Office at GRSA.

 

Please forward your nomination to [email protected], fax (08) 8268 2870 or GRSA, PO Box 2352, Regency Park, 5942 by COB Friday January 20 2017.  The winner to be announced at the 2016 Greyhound of the Year Awards Dinner held on Feb 10, 2017.  The decision of the judging panel will be final. 

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SATURDAY MORNING TRIALS PROCEDURE

With some recent issues in regard to the Saturday morning trials at Angle Park, trial staff have advised that to make it simpler and clearer for participants and employees that there will be one block per distance where FOL, Catching Pen, Handlsips etc will be booked rather than having this separated. Trainers will get their number as normal for that distance and no one else will have the same number over that distance to stop any confusion. As per normal after every 10 trials there will be a track grade and they then move to the next distance (likely starting with 515m). GRSA will trial this for a period of time and I ask that participants please be patient with their fellow industry members and GRSA staff.

 

MARK AISTON TO FILL IN WHEN RAY FEWINGS ON LEAVE IN JANUARY

Our long time MC at Angle Park Ray Fewings will be taking some leave in this month and we are fortunate to have radio and tv personality Mark Aiston available to fill in while Ray is away. Mark has supported and followed greyhound racing for many years and it is terrific to have him on board. Mark will be hosting tonight and on 19^th and 26^th January along with the 2^nd February while Ray is away.

 

BLACK CAPS NOW AVAILABLE FROM GRSA

Along with the white caps GRSA has now approved that black caps can be worn by participants. Both black and white caps with GRSA logos are available from GRSA at a cost of $10.

 

GRADING UPDATES

The Grading Review Panel met on Friday 11^th November to discuss grading in South Australia from an Agenda provided by submissions and industry consultation during the past few months. Following is the main points introduced from 1^st December 2016 -

• The panel advised to be consistent that Grade 6 greyhounds should remain in the drawn fields so long as they were eligible at time of nomination. This would be a change for the 4 win Non SA Bred Grade 6 greyhounds and APK/APM Grade 5 wins who would have normally been withdrawn free of penalty. The panel were supportive of these greyhounds remaining eligible.
• Pathway winners should be included on the Order of Preference. Regardless of the winners time the performance will be considered as a Country win (like Pt Augusta) and thus will sit on the Order of Preference at 13 if a last start Pathway winner.
• The table below is in regard to a Time Standard for Masters Events at different tracks over different distances. The panel agreed to the table and advised that the same conditions for Thursday night be implemented for other meetings when a greyhound equals or breaks the Time Standard being ineligible for a Masters Event at that distance and track. Whilst they do not take a grade they have to have two unplaced runs before being considered for a Masters event.

 

This refers to the Grade 5 Masters events Only.

 

 

• The panel agreed to change the condition of eligibility from 3 months to 6 months for how long prior to a greyhound racing. This comes into line with the 6 month satisfactory trial policy.

**Please note that the GRP were supportive of trainers putting as much information in the comments section of their nomination to assist the Grader in the grading process. Please give him as many options as possible however if trainers write nothing the grader will grade accordingly. If trainers nominate for a specific race advertised in the All tracks calendar and it doesn’t go ahead it is recommended trainers give the Grader another option on their nomination. If trainers do not want their greyhounds to be mixed then they need to be clear on their nomination advising “leaving the greyhound out” and understand that the races will be graded accordingly and if you were going to be in a mixed event under normal grading guidelines then the greyhound will be left out**

 

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:

January 17^th (for APM meeting on 23^rd January – for APD Wednesday on 25^th January)

January 24^th (for APM meeting on 30^th January – for APD Wednesday on 1^st February)

January 31^st (No Qualys for APM meeting on 6^th February – for APD Wednesday on 8^th February)

February 7^th (for APM meeting on 13^th February – for APD Wednesday on 15^th February)

February 14^th (for APM meeting on 20^th February – No Qualys for APD Wednesday on 22^nd February)

Nominations close with GRSA at 12.30pm on the Tuesday of the meeting.

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BOOKING OF TUESDAY NIGHT TRIALS AT ANGLE PARK

Please be advised to encourage participants to use the online booking facility for Tuesday night trials have opened up for bookings an hour earlier than phone bookings.  You will therefore, be able to book online from 11.30am on the Monday prior to Tuesday night trials.  Being mindful that when booking online you can only book a maximum of 6 trials and then will have to ring the office from 12.30pm to book the remainder.  Our GRSA staff is available to provide support and training for those participants who require it, please contact GRSA to organise.

This came into effect from Tuesday 22^nd November trial session.

For participants who wish to continue to book via the telephone please ensure you follow the below directions:

1.          DO NOT phone prior to 12.30pm as NO calls will be placed on hold and your call will not be answered prior to 12.30pm.  By calling prior to 12.30pm you are actually inconveniencing yourself as you may be disconnected or directed to another area as the telephone system will not let you que for a long period of time.

2.          Ensure you know exactly what type and number of trial/s you require.

3.          No other queries will be answered to ensure a timely manner of answering the calls that are in que for booking trials.

4.          Please understand that our staff provides you with the best possible and earliest time available so they will not enter into a debate about the reasons why.

5.         DO NOT book more trials than required.  GRSA will be monitoring this situation and if required action may be taken against offenders.

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GREYHOUND RACING SA TRAINER WORKSHOP

All current licensed trainers are required to attend a greyhound workshop to assess their competencies.  Currently, workshops are open for bookings with dates and schedules available on the GRSA website.  Please select your preferred option and contact Renee on (08) 8243 7113

Please note all workshops are restricted to six participants per sessions.

Greyhound Racing SA Trainer Workshop Schedule

It is a requirement of all registered owner trainers and public trainers to attend one 3 hour workshop session. All efforts will be made to have workshops available however, they are subject to change depending on participant workshop bookings. There is a FAQ sheet available also with frequently asked questions so please look at the information available in the Industry pages on the GRSA website.

 

AGRC MEMBERS LUCKY DOG DRAW

Each year we have drawn 4 names for each week’s Thursday APK race 8, next to each name is the box number of the dog you have drawn in Race 8.  If your box number happens to win Race 8, you can renew your membership next year (30^th June) for half price.   

If you happen to own or train greyhounds racing on the date that your name has been drawn, you can choose to have your dogs drawn instead of the lucky box number and it works the same if your dog drawn happens to win.  It is up to you to notify an AGRC committee member on the night that you want to take up this option and we will randomly draw one of your dogs competing on the night. AGRC Committee members are Alan Amezdroz, Barry Stewart, Petar Jovanovic, Melissa Trowbridge, Gabe Vistolli and Gavin Harris.

Below is the AGRC Lucky Draw for Members:

Race 8 Date	Race 8 Box	Member	Race 8 Box	Member
12/01/2017	3	Paula Hearnden	2	Brad Ablett
19/01/2017	1	Gabe Vistolli	2	Barry Jones
19/01/2017	3	Darren Ensten	8	Ray Barkla
26/01/2017	7	Petar Jovanovic	3	Gary Siney
26/01/2017	4	Adam Manton	1	Tony Rasmussen