Angle Park Racing Preview - 27/7/2017
by The Shadow
We won’t get a more even night of racing than we get tonight! All races bar one look to have several chances so it makes for good betting. On Fire looks to be the only stand out as he continues on his winning way, fronting up in race 3 and is going for 14 straight wins. I have tipped 5 box 8 runners to win here at headquarters this evening and the kennel to follow is the powerful Rasmussen team.
Race 1 and we can kick off with the Lauren Harris trained Stack The Aces, he has a good turn of early pace and should nearly pinch this. Lupe Fiasco was a handy winner here Monday night after a long spell and will only improve, add in Greysynd Gem who loves to fill a place. Box Up 3.5.6.7.
Race 2 - All the main chances have drawn awkwardly but I will stick with Cairnlea Gump for the Jovanovic kennel, he can be hit and miss but is very strong so we will make him our main pick. Edison Bale rattled home to score here Monday from a rails draw and should figure again amongst the placegetters .Tag And Release doesn’t win enough for me but hasn’t missed a cheque in his last 4. Box Up 3.4.6.7.
Race 3 - He is going for 14 straight and that is On Fire and he loves box 8, he continues to step up each week and is a pleasure to watch as he weaves his way through the field, he wins again. Signal Peak loves to lead but has been the runner up behind the champ in recent weeks .Box Up 8 from 3.4.7.
Race 4 - The Rasmussen team can kick off with a winner here with Dyna Keitaro out in box 8, he continues to mix his box form as he can be tardy early, he can swoop home over the top of them in this very even field. The dangers look to be the two Troy Murray trained sprinters in Its Classified and Backpacker. Box Up 4.5.7.5.
Race 5 - This is the 1st of the 600m events for the night and Windsome Summer is in terrific form of late with 2 wins here over this trip in her past couple, she should sit handy and make it 3 in a row. Peregrine Strike was a big run in good time last start from this draw and will be right in the finish again. Box Up 3.5.6.8.
Race 6 - Hukanui had plenty of support here last start and hung on to score over Whispering Soul in 35.37, he loves this trip and should start the punters elect. Dyna Chirpy is our value runner for the First Four as she will be making late ground. We can’t leave out She’s A Looper who has a terrific strike rate. Box Up 4.6.7.8.
Race 7 - Tough affair and we will go with a newcomer in Spring Bloom in box 4, she won 1st up here in South Australia over the short at Gawler in 22.77 and looks primed for a 1st up win here at headquarters. Harbison Miss finally broke back into the winner’s circle after a run of outs and should be very hard to beat in this. Box Up 3.4.5.8.
Race 8 - This is a wide-open affair with at least 5 chances but we can’t back them all, we will go with the Janice Jones trained High Eden Snow down in box 3, he is very smart when out in front and with moderate beginners drawn on his inside he might be able to skip to the front. Jacqui Blax has pace and appears one of the main chances. Box Up 2.3.4.8.
Race 9 - I have loved the distance racing we have had here in recent weeks and this should be no different, Purpose Driven should set the early pace once again and with her recent record of 3 wins and 2 placings should be very hard to beat again out in box 8. Caprice Monelli blew the start before making good late ground when 3rd behind Bamba Lam Barney here last week, can improve and looks the main danger again. Box Up 1.4.7.8.
Race 10 - Rhynstone Teddy charged home to win here from box 2 to win the Champion Puppy Final here last week and the youngster looks to have a very bright future and should prove very hard to beat again. Kenzi has been well travelled of late and can pinch a place at handy odds, add in Aston Mondo who is working towards another win. Box Up 1.2.5.8.
Race 11 - I like the book ends in this with Keno Bale and Victa Matt both look well placed and should be right in the finish, the value runner is the pacey Miss Darlo who won from this draw last start and is sure to run a bold race. Box Up 1.2.4.8.
Best Bets
Race 5, No: 5 - Winsome Summer
Race 6, No: 8 - Hukanui
Best Each Way
Race 1, No: 7 - Stack The Aces
Best Roughie
Race 4, No: 4 - Allen Portland
ANGLE PARK TRIFECTA GUARANTEED POOL OF $10,000 ON RACE 1
Race 1 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Guaranteed Trifecta Pool of $10,000.
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 TREBLE JACKPOT
Race 6,7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Treble Jackpot of $5,109.
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 ON ALL RACES
All Races tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a First 4 Jackpot of $2,000 on each race.
HOBART TRIFECTA JACKPOT ON ALL RACES
All Races tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include an Trifecta Jackpot of $1,000 on All races.
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 $2,500.
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 $2,105.
The Man from the Tower give us all the tips for tonight’s excellent Angle Park meeting.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 7,3,5,2
Race 2: 1,4,7,2
Race 3: 8,4,3,6
Race 4: 7,8,5,1
Race 5: 5,6,8,3
Race 6: 8,6,1,2
Race 7: 3,2,4,8
Race 8: 3,1,7,8
Race 9: 8,1,4,5
Race 10: 1,8,5,6
Race 11: 2,1,4,6
Best Bet: Race 5, No: 5 - Winsome Summer
Each-Way: Race 4, No: 7 - Backpacker
Roughie: Race 6, No: 1 - Dashing Djay
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s terrific night of racing at Angle Park.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 7,3,5,8
Race 2: 4,3,2,1
Race 3: 8,3,4,7
Race 4: 9,8,1,7
Race 5: 6,8,5,3
Race 6: 6,8,2,1
Race 7: 4,3,8,5
Race 8: 4,8,7,3
Race 9: 8,4,1,5
Race 10: 1,8,5,6
Race 11: 5,8,1,3
Best Bets: Race 4, No: 9 - Whispering Soul
Each-Way: Race 5, No: 6 - Springvale Carla
Roughie: Race 11, No: 5 - Exhibition
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$4,590 UBET State Heats 2017 National Sprint Championships – 515m (Final 10/8/17)
$4,990 UBET State Heats 2017 National Distance Championships – 731m (Final 10/8/17)
(2017 UBET National Finals – Albion Park Friday 25/8/17)
$3,490 Grade 5 Bitches Only – 600m
*Nominations close Monday 31st July at 9.00am with GRSA
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for July 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.
2017 UBET NATIONAL SPRINT & NATIONAL DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIP NOMINATIONS
At close of nominations last Thursday GRSA had received a total of 28 nominations for the SA State Series of the 2017 UBET National Sprint and National Distance Championships. There were 17 nominations in the Sprint Series, which compares to 26 in 2016.
While the Distance Series has 11 nominations, compared to 24 last year (one greyhound is dually nominated for both distances).
The South Australian Heats of the Championships will be run on Thursday 3rd August, with the State Finals on Thursday 10th August. Winners of the State Finals will represent South Australia in the $75,000 to the winner National Finals held on Friday 25th August at Albion Park. The Box Draw for the SA heats will be released on Monday 31st July.
SPRINT
Aston Amon(**), Aston Kody, Backpacker, Brick Lane, Cairnlea Kenny, Cairnlea Ollie, Dream A Little, Dyna Keitaro, High Eden Frost, High Eden Snow, It’s Classified, On Fire, Rip It Ralph, Rockstar Lisa, Shimatron, Tommy’s Tune and Wilba Beast
DISTANCE
Aston Amon(**), Bogie Bekim, Caprice Monelli, Chrichton Bale, Hukanui, Purpose Driven, Roxy Rolla, Springvale Bryne, Springvale Carla, Velocity Lilly and Zipping Comet.
(**) Denotes nominated for both Sprint & Distance
• All nominations subject to Queensland Statutory Declaration requirements.
OTHER STATES QUALIFYING
For those that would like to follow what is happening with regard to the other States qualification, below are the relevant dates:
TAS – Launceston (515m & 720m); Heats 31st July, Finals 7th August.
VIC – Sandown (515m); Heats 3rd August, Finals 10th August
VIC – The Meadows (725m); Heats 5th August, Finals 12th August
WA – Cannington (520m & 715); Heats 5th August, Finals 12th August
NSW– Wentworth Park (520m & 720m); Heats 5th August, Finals 12th August
QLD – Albion Park (520m & 710m); Heats 10th August, Finals 17th August
2017 AGRC/GREYHOUND RACING SA GREYHOUND AUCTION ON 29TH OCTOBER
The Greyhound Auction will again be held in October 2017 to be conducted on Sunday 29th October.
Nomination Forms for the Auction will be sent out shortly to Breeders/Owners and will be available from GRSA. The closing date is 4pm on Friday 18th August 2017.
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 30th 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.
Conditions below -
Auction Date: 29th October 2017
Whelping Dates: 1st October 2016 to 30th 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.
AGRA GROUP RACING CALENDARS – 2017/2018
The AGRA Group Racing calendar booklets have now been released. They are available from the offices of GRSA and at Gawler.
NEW WINNING POST FOR ANGLE PARK IN AUGUST – ANGLE PARK SHUTDOWN
The New Winning Post will be installed in August however for this to occur Angle Park will be out of action for almost two weeks.
To best fit in with the schedule this will be done immediately after the State Finals of the Nationals giving sufficient time prior to the Oaks and Derby series in early September. Across are the racing and trial dates during the period of 11th August through until 24th August (we hope to be back trialling at Angle Park on Tuesday 22nd August).
MYOZCHASE INTRODUCTION
In June GRSA went Live with MyOzChase which provides an easy way for participants in the Greyhound Racing Industry to perform transactions online that previously had to be completed manually via paper-based Forms.
The portal available on the GRSA website will also improve communications between participants and Greyhound Racing Controlling Bodies.
MyOzChase will initially be offering the following functionality to users who register, obtain a log-in and complete a once-off identity verification prior to transacting online with their Controlling Body:
· Online updates of personal details
· View all their associated greyhounds (as an Owner, Trainer, Custodian, etc.)
· Submit Notifications of Retirement for greyhounds
· Submit Trainership and/or Kennel changes for greyhounds (replacing the current Kennel Notification or Notice of Training / Removal Form) *Please note should you wish to transfer a previous Victorian trained greyhound into your kennel you will need to do this via the Online Nomination portal.
· Link through to the Online Nominations website (for Trainers only)
Further enhancements will be made over time.
INCREASED PRIZEMONEY FOR SELECTED FEATURE RACES IN 2017/2018
GRSA has been able to increase some of the feature races for the new season continuing to increase the returns to participants.
Below is a list of the feature races with prizemoney increases.
BOOKING ON LINE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT TRIALS AT GAWLER HAS STARTED
GRSA has introduced the Online Booking process for Wednesday night trials at Gawler.
Like Tuesday night, these will be timeslots giving participants guaranteed bookings and allowing a smoother process. Trials on Wednesday nights start at 7.00pm as normal with 25 minute blocks. GRSA will monitor the bookings and attendance and may vary conditions and timeslots as required.
TRIAL DATES FOR STRATHALBYN
All bookings for normal trials will be taken by the Club.
As they do on Wednesday nights they will now also take the bookings for Friday nights. You can book trials via text MSG / or call Yvonne King at the Club on 0407 334 349 between 9am and 11am on the day of the trials. GRSA thanks the support of Yvonne and the Strathalbyn GRC in regard to these changes.
The following dates are for the next trial sessions at Strathalbyn -
Friday 28th July
Wednesday 2nd August
Friday 11th August
Friday 25th August
Wednesday 30th August
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:
August 1st (for APM meeting on 7th August – for APD Wednesday on 9thAugust)
Nominations close with GRSA at 12.30pm on the Tuesday of the meeting.
KURT DONSBERG – ONCOURSE RACE NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THURSDAY’S
GRSA secured 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.