Angle Park Racing Preview - 6.7.17
by The Shadow
With only the 10 races tonight we have to back a couple of winners early, if you are in to numerology I have tipped 5 box ones and 3 box two runners to salute, the kennels to follow are Lauren Harris and Cameron Butcher. Remember the huge Guaranteed Pool of $10,000 for the Trifecta in race 1 tonight, so it’s worth a crack.
Race 1 - It’s a good event to kick off with and it’s a wide-open affair, I will stick with Sheeza Nitro who has been racing well. Rockstar Lisa has a good turn of early pace and will be right in the mix. Box Up 1.3.5.6.
Race 2 - This is the 731m event of the night and should be the first of several winners for the Butcher kennel, Purpose Driven charged home to win here last week in the Stayers Cup final and should prove far too smart again. Caprice Monelli will be doing his best work late and is a must for the trifecta punters. Box Up 1.4.6.7.
Race 3 - Ben Rawlings rarely goes home from the track without a winner and he has Kung Fu Mary high flying and she appears the one to beat again from a tricky draw of 6. Canya Sassy is the likely improver and is boxed for a bold showing. Box Up 1.2.6.8.
Race 4 - He is certainly the local champ with 10 wins on the trot and that is ON FIRE, he just wins again for the Butcher team and is boxed to perfection down in one. The placings look to the pacey Marlow Brown and Marley Bale. 1 from 3.4.7.
Race 5 - There looks to be 2 main chances in this with Boy George and Keno Bale both have been around the mark in recent starts but I will go with the Vadim Roz runner in Boy George who has the pace too lead from his rails draw. Add Keno Bale and Edison Bale for the trifecta. Box Up 1.3.4.6.
Race 6 - Molly Be Nimble can be hit and miss on box rise but is well drawn to carve across them into the back and take holding out. Jacqui Blax has a perfect record here with 5 from 5 and has moderate beginners drawn around her and there is no reason she can’t make it 6. Box Up 1.2.7.8.
Race 7 - The Rasmussen kennel can nearly trifecta this event with their 3 runners and I will put Rock Away on top for her to finally break through from box 2, she has her paw on the till and will go very close. Stick figure and the EX Tassie performer Greysynd Gem for the minors. Box Up 2.4.5.8.
Race 8 - Lauren Harris can fly home with a couple of winners late and Brick Lane is racing well with 4 wins from his last 5 starts and should lead and win again in this. Harbinson Miss will find this a lot easier than recent starts and is a big each way chance and good odds. Box Up 2.3.4.7.
Race 9 - The 600m affair of the night and it is very hard to go past Whispering Soul who was a runner up at The Meadows last start over the same trip, she is a pacey type who is also very strong. Keroma Storm doesn’t win enough but loves to fill a place as does Explosive Ally. Box Up 1.2.4.6.
Race 10 - Trevor Jessup is sure to have Brilliant Shot well primed to win first up, the former NSW performer has handy Wentworth Park form and is boxed for a bold showing at his South Australian debut. Regal Looper loves filling a place and is having his 133rd career start tonight. Box Up 1.6.7.8.
Best Bets
Race 5, No: 1 - Boy George
Race 9, No: 2 - Whispering Soul
Best Each Way
Race 1, No: 1 - Sheeza Nitro
Best Roughie
Race 8, No: 2 - Harbison Miss
DON'T MISS THIS!
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 DOUBLE TRIO JACKPOT
Race’s 7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Double Trio Jackpot of $155.
ANGLE PARK ANY 2 JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include an Any 2 Jackpot of $5,685.
ALBION PARK FIRST 4 JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $20,000.
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 DOUBLE TRIO JACKPOT
Race’s 7 & 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Double Trio Jackpot of $830.
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 $1,000.
The Man from the Tower give us all the tips for tonight’s exciting Angle Park meeting.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 1,5,3,7
Race 2: 1,4,8,6
Race 3: 6,1,2,8
Race 4: 1,3,4,6
Race 5: 4,5,1,7
Race 6: 8,2,4,1
Race 7: 4,2,5,6
Race 8: 4,2,3,7
Race 9: 4,2,1,6
Race 10: 7,1,8,6
Best Bet: Race 9, No: 4 - Prancer Dancer
Each-Way: Race 1, No: 1 - Sheeza Nitro
Roughie: Race 8, No: 2 - Harbison Miss
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s interesting night of racing at Angle Park.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 5,6,3,1
Race 2: 1,4,6,8
Race 3: 6,2,4,5
Race 4: 1,3,4,7
Race 5: 1,4,6,5
Race 6: 1,2,7,4
Race 7: 4,6,2,8
Race 8: 4,3,7,6
Race 9: 2,4,1,6
Race 10: 2,1,7,8
Best Bets: Race 5, No: 1 - Boy George
Each-Way: Race 6, No: 1 - Uinka Allen
Roughie: Race 1, No: 6 - Dyna Parlance
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$4,590 Heats Cinderella’s Commercial Cleaning Group Champion Puppy – 515m (For greyhounds whelped on or after 1/7/15. Special Event. Unraced greyhounds ineligible. Final 20/7/17)
$3,390 SA Owned Grade 5– 515m
$4,990 FFA – 731m
Nominations close Monday 10th July at 9.00am with GRSA
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for July will be released next 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.
2017 GAWLER PRODUCE THIS SUNDAY
Two terrific semi-finals were conducted on Tuesday at Gawler for the rich 2017 Gawler Produce series.
The first semi-final was taken out by High Eden Snow for trainer Jan Jones who ran home too powerfully for Rip It Ralph and Honky Tonk Gal running a solid 30.87 for the 531m journey. The second semi-final also went the way of Jan Jones with kennel mate High Eden Frost setting the time standard for the series running 30.60 when he defeated Stack The Aces and Dream A Little.
The box draw for the 2017 Gawler Produce final was conducted on track:
1. Dream A Little Jan Jones
2. Hesa Marlow Len Wilson
3. Honky Tonk Gal Lauren Harris
4. High Eden Snow Jan Jones
5. High Eden Frost Jan Jones
6. Stack The Aces Lauren Harris
7. Long Gully Josh Paula Hearnden
8. Rip It Ralph Adam Manton
9. Waltharius (res) Paula Hearnden
10. Long Gully Pete (res) Paula Hearnden
The $22,000 Gawler Produce final will be run this Sunday night 9th July. The race is listed to jump at 6.51pm (SA time) and will be race 6 on the program with coverage on Sky Racing 1. Racing on final night starts at 5.06pm with the last of 12 races to be run at 8.54pm. Also featured on the night will be the Gawler Produce Consolation.
NO TRIALS OR FREE GALLOPING AT MURRAY BRIDGE THIS WEEKEND
GRSA has been advised that there will be no free galloping or trials at Murray Bridge this weekend due to horse events at the venue.
CATCHING PEN TRIALS BACK ON SATURDAY MORNING AT ANGLE PARK
Due to staffing issues the last few weeks there has been No Catching Pen available for participants on Saturday morning however this has been addressed and the Catching Pen will be available on Saturday.
Saturday mornings continue with the progression of the new yellow, blue and white lure 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.
CINDERELLA’S COMMERCIAL CLEANING GROUP CHAMPION PUPPY HEATS
– NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY
The Champion Puppy Series is for greyhounds whelped on or after 1st July 2015.
The $4,590 Heats will be run next Thursday 13th July and the Final on Thursday 20th July. Prizemoney for the 2017 Final has been increased to $9,290. GRSA is pleased to welcome Cinderella’s Commercial Cleaning Group as the sponsor for this years Champion Puppy series.
* Nominations close on Monday 10th July with GRSA at 9.00am.
2017 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN QUEENSLAND
The AGRA National Championships are just around the corner. The National Finals this year will be held at Albion Park in Queensland to be conducted on Friday 25th August. Both the National Sprint and National Distance Finals will carry prizemoney of $75,000 to the winner.
The State series’ for SA will be held at Angle Park on Thursday 3rd August for the Heats with the State Finals on the 10th August.
The most important date for local trainers to remember is the national closing date for entries. Acceptances for the National Championships will close with GRSA on Thursday 20th July at 12 noon. Nominations this year must be lodged via fax or handed into GRSA due to Stat Dec requirements for Queensland.
A reminder to all trainers of the clause which requires a greyhound to have been domiciled in South Australia for a period of not less than 76 days out of the 150 days immediately prior to the National Acceptance Closing date to be eligible to represent SA. If unsure of a greyhound’s status, please contact the GRSA grading staff.
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. Below 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)
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.
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 and 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.
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 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 -
“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”
GRSA has also started to program some category Time Grading meetings. These meetings are for greyhounds that are Maidens, 1 – 4 wins and 5 plus wins all time graded “lowest to highest”. Please refer to the All Tracks calendars for details.
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 STARTED THIS WEEK
GRSA has introduced the Online Booking process for Wednesday night trials at Gawler starting last night.
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.
QUALIFYING TRIALS TO MOVE TO WEDNESDAY’S AT STRATHALBYN
After consultation with the Strathalbyn GRC the monthly qualifying trial session will move to Wednesday nights.
The club will still run on the rotation with Friday and Wednesday depending on when the race meeting is programmed. All qualifying trials will need to be booked through GRSA as per normal by 12.30pm on the day of the Qualy trials.
All bookings for normal trials will now also 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 Renee Eastwood at the club on 0400 766 430.
GRSA thanks the support of Renee and the Strathalbyn GRC in regard to these changes with qualy trials and bookings.
The following dates are for the next trial sessions at Strathalbyn -
Friday 14th July
Wednesday 19th July (Qualifying Trials)
Friday 28th July
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:
July 11th (for APM meeting on 17th July – for APD Wednesday on 19th July)
July 18th (not for APM meeting on 24th July due to Time Grading – not for APD Wednesday on 26th July due to Time Grading)
July 25th (for APM meeting on 31st July – for APD Wednesday on 2nd August)
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.
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