Angle Park Thursday Night Preview
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
Last week was a tough night for punters and greyhound followers alike with several roughies greeting the judge. Tonight’s meeting has several races that are very open and it’s a chance for us all to bounce back.
Race 1 and there is a heap of early pace and most of it is down on the rails. Yasi Girl showed a glimpse when leading here last start with a fading 3rd. Add in Ever To Be who was a last start winner at Horsham along with Noble Kahn who is flying of late. Box Up 1-2-6-8.
Race 2 and Victa Nicole had a very good run at Gawler when a last start 2nd behind Dee Dee Corsair in a smart 30.93 and looks well placed in this despite the ordinary draw of 4. Arneis and Agent Kahn will all be in the mix. Box Up 1-4-5-8.
Next race on the card is a 600m event and jump on the Todd Kelly trained Fair Change. She loves a wide draw and flew home here last start from this draw to run 2nd behind Dyna Aline in 35.23. She looks hard to beat. Box up 2-3-4-8.
Race 4 and the Ex WA performer in Ya Ya Bing will be right in this on his first up Gawler win in 31.08. He has pace and is boxed to win for Mike Giniotis. The main dangers are Full Beer Fridge and the pacey Disco Dave. Box Up 1-2-3-6.
Cosmic Way is returning from a short spell and was in fine form prior with 4 wins from his 5 runs all in quick times. He should sprint well fresh in Race 5 and looks the one they have to beat. Victa Sam has been around the mark and will be right in the trifecta. Cawbourne Jet has the draw and could be the smokey if there is trouble early. Box Up 1-3-6-7.
Race 6 and this looks a 2 dog race with Wild Soul and Nasty Ned. They only finished a .5L apart last week but have different racing styles, with one a quick beginner and the other who will be charging home. Add in Robin Rain and First Call for the pick 4. Box Up 1-2-3-8.
Race 7 is a tough race and for mine, there look to be at least 4 chances and the interesting runner is White Air for Petar Jovanovic who made his SA debut with a 2nd over the short course here last start. The former NSW performer is sure to be well tried here and gets the nod for mine. Box Up 2-3-7-8. Good Luck in this one.
Race 8 and this is a TOP race. Victa Brooke has the perfect draw in 1 and she did beat Flying Tee here last start in 29.97. She should prove too strong. Benchmark blitzed his rivals in the Adelaide Cup Consolation two runs back and is the Big Danger. Box Up 1-2-4-5.
This is the Distance Race tonight and Fender can bounce back and break-through. He has been around the mark of late and appears well placed. John Gale has a two pronged attack and both will be running on and they love the 700m journey. Box Up 1-2-4-7.
Race 10 and this is a very tough affair to pick a winner. Box Up 1-3-4-7.
The last event and jump on Specialised for the Mackellar kennel. He has hit form since transferring to SA and both his wins have been from this draw in handy times. Fitzy Allen is well drawn down in box 1 but is hit or miss on box rise. Box Up 1-3-4-6.
Good Luck..
JACKPOTS TONIGHT
ANGLE PARK TREBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 6, 7 & 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Treble Jackpot of $4,758.
ALBION PARK QUADRELLA JACKPOT
Race’s 5, 6, 7 & 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Quadrella Jackpot of $24,237.
HOBART FIRST 4 JACKPOT
Race 7 tonight at Hobart the Ministers Gift Final will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $1,000.
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 $1,766.
BOY FROM THE RAILS
Selections for tonight’s exciting 11 event card of racing at Angle Park featuring the Grade 6 Final over the 515m -
First 4 selections –
race one 1/6/7/8
race two 8/5/4/7
race three 3/8/4/7
race four 1/2/3/5
race five 2/7/8/6
race six 2/1/8/7
race seven 2/4/8/6
race eight 5/2/1/3
race nine 2/1/8/4
race ten 4/5/7/2
race eleven 4/6/3/1
Best bet race 10 number 4 – Black Merlo
Best eachway race 3 number 3 – Azz Always
Lay of the night is race 5 number 6 – Cosmic Way
LOCAL INDUSTRY NEWS
2013 GAWLER
The Group 3 Gawler Gold Cup series will kick off on Tuesday night with the running of the heats for the Group 3 feature. The Final will be run on Sunday twilight 3rd November worth a terrific $37,500 in prizemoney and the winner to receive $25,000. Both meetings will be covered on Sky Racing 1. The Heats are worth $1,600 each, while there will be a Consolation worth $2,400 on Final night. 2013 Gawler Produce winner Flying Tee for trainer Ossie Chegia is eligible for a $9,000 bonus if he can win this year’s Gold Cup Final.
Racing on Final night will also feature the $5,000 SA Country Cup Final over 531m which we have been running heats for, $2,050 Kingsford Hotel Grade 6 over 531m $1,970 Water Search FFA over 400m and a $1,750 Grade 5 Distance Feature over the 643m. Bookmaker Peter Damarell will be oncourse for both heat and final night providing his service for the patrons in attendance. The Gawler Club has also introduced a couple of bonuses on Cup Final Night. If a trainer can produce 4 winners on the night there will be a bonus of $500 available and if a greyhound can beat any of the tracks records on the night over any distance there will also be a bonus of $500 to the connections.
Remember nominations for the Final will close with GRSA at 9.00am on Wednesday 30th October.
NO TRIALS AT ANGLE PARK DUE TO GAWLER CUP HEATS
With the Gawler club being able to secure this Tuesday night for their Gawler Cup heats there will be no trials conducted at Angle Park.
CHAMPION GREYHOUND “KALDEN MAYHEM” RETIRES
Last week one of the modern day champions of SA greyhound racing retired on the eve of his 5th birthday. 2011 Greyhound of the Year Kalden Mayhem was retired by connections after a stellar career mostly under the guidance of Troy Murray. He raced on 123 occasions for 58 wins and 30 placings and prizemoney just under $200,000. He was able to be brilliant over all distances with highlights no doubt being the John Gray Memorial in January 2011 when he ran a blistering 29.36 over the 515m which was quicker than Kilty Lad who won the Group 1 Adelaide Cup on the same night, his Gawler Cup win in 2011 when he produced one of the runs of the year to capture victory and his third placing in the Group 1 2011 National Distance Championship Final at Albion Park behind superstar Dashing Corsair. There is a terrific article on the Australian Racing Greyhound Website regarding Kalden Mayhem which is worth having a look at and I am sure all greyhound fans would like to thank Kalden Mayhem for the memories.
PORT AUGUSTA ON MELBOURNE CUP DAY
The Port Augusta Greyhound Racing Club will again have a Non TAB meeting on Melbourne Cup Day Tuesday 5th November. This is a great day for the Port Augusta Club as they get terrific numbers to their meeting on the first Tuesday in November. The meeting will feature an $800 Best 8 Open over 447m
Nominations for the meeting will close with GRSA at 9.00am on Thursday 31st October.
ANNUAL GRADING REVIEW MEETING – NOVEMBER 8
The consultation sessions at the Clubs have been completed with an excellent response especially from Mt Gambier and Strathalbyn.
Based on all the information collected an agenda will be formulated this week and sent to the Grading Review Panel next week to be discussed at the review.
2013 TOP GUN
The Cox Plate of greyhound racing will be run on Saturday night with star local sprinter Ernie Bung Arrow drawing perfectly in box 7 in the invitation only event. Ernie trialled last Saturday night at The Meadows and whilst is overall time was handy his first split was excellent and we all know what he can do when he leads. Race favourite Punch One Out trialled brilliantly and looks hard to beat however box 2 may not suit him with pressure coming from his outside.
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2014 GAWLER PRODUCE STAKES
The 2014 Gawler Produce Stakes will be run by GRSA in conjunction with the Gawler Greyhound Racing Club. Once again we will offer guaranteed Final Stakemoney, which will be $20,000. The estimate for the total series prizemoney is $43,000, based on this year’s series.
In 2014 we will again be offering additional incentives for trainers to nominate. A bonus will be offered to any greyhound which can win both the Produce Stake and the Gawler Gold Cup.
The SA Bred bonus will also be continued; should the winner of the Final be SA bred, there will be a SA Bred bonus of $1,000 to the owner.
The dates for this series will be Heats on Tuesday 24th June 2014, Semi Finals on Tuesday 1st July 2014 and the Final on Sunday 6th July 2014. There will be a breeders bonus of $500 for the winner of the Final and a consolation event also.
GRSA administers the event for the Club, so all payments are to be made to GRSA. The fees are, with the one-off payment option $121.00 or the sustaining option at $33 (first), $55 (second) and $88 (Final).
Nomination Forms are now available, along with the full list of conditions and the payment schedule. We have sent out forms recently to those with eligible greyhounds as well as previous supporters of the race. If you haven’t received something already, please give Caralyn Fielden a call on 8243 7100 and she will send forms out.
* Nominations for the 2013 Gawler Produce will close on Friday 1st November with GRSA.
ANGLE PARK MONDAY NIGHT TRIAL POLICY
Monday Nights only (commencing 18 November 2013)
Two fields of a maximum of four (4) greyhounds will be conducted immediately following the completion of the kenneling procedure for the Race Meeting.
The following lists the order in which greyhounds will be selected in the event of more than 8 greyhounds nominated.
1) Reserves at the Meeting that do not obtain starts.
2) Trainers that have greyhounds engaged and are located in an area affected by track closures.
3) Trainers that have greyhounds engaged.
4) Other greyhounds.
PROCEDURE/CRITERIA
1) Trainer to contact GRSA between 10.00am and 11.00am on the Monday to nominate
2) Other than reserve greyhounds Trainers will be restricted to trialing one (1) greyhound unless nominations determine otherwise.
3) Stewards allot the Box for the Greyhound.
4) Trials will be 515m in distance.
5) Greyhounds currently under suspension are not eligible to be nominated.
6) Greyhounds, registration certificate or cards must be produced at kenneling time.
7) Trainers with other greyhounds engaged can utilize the extra kennel space until such time they are ready to leave OR trainers with no other greyhounds will be free to leave following their trial.
Please Note
Monday kenneling times will be 4.30pm to 5.15pm as from 18 November 2013.
SEPARATE GRADING AT GAWLER TO START IN DECEMBER
Very shortly GRSA will begin work with RAWWA to allow for separate grading at Gawler to be implemented in December. Gawler will be separated into two categories with Tuesday being separate grading to both Friday and Sunday. Greyhounds will keep the same grade that they currently have when Gawler is separated. GRSA will not change a greyhounds grade ie Grade 2 goes to Grade 5 for Friday. Please be mindful of this when the implementation will begin. I will advise the confirmed date next month but it will likely be in the later part of December.
2013 SA COUNTRY CUP
The SA Country Cup will be run on Gawler Cup Final night on Sunday 3rd November will the race worth $5,000. Qualifying events have been held at Port Augusta, Gawler, Strathalbyn and Mt Gambier with the automatic qualifiers being –
Jack And Boss (Pt Augusta)
Grumpy Argument (Pt Augusta)
Long Gully Court (Gawler)
Perfect Life (Gawler)
Good Odds Punk (Strathalbyn)
Miss Lilly Rose (Strathalbyn)
Moorak Hope (Mt Gambier)
Arbour Elvis (Mt Gambier)
The Box Draw will be all important to see who will take out the 2013 SA Country Cup.
2014 ADELAIDE GREYHOUND AUCTION
The Adelaide Greyhound Racing Club (AGRC) in conjunction with GRSA, will once again conduct the Adelaide Greyhound Auction in 2014.
DATE: Sunday 12th October, 2014
For all greyhounds whelped between: 1st November 2013 - 31st May 2014
More information will be provided over the coming months, including details of nominator/breeder bonuses and the race series attached to the auction.
BOOKMAKER PETER DAMARELL ONCOURSE EVERY WEDNESDAY AT ANGLE PARK
Bookmaker Peter Damarell will be on-course every Wednesday betting competitive fixed odd markets on the full programme at Angle Park. Peter will also display all bookmaker prices from the thoroughbred meetings in South Australia and the meetings in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. This is a major bonus for oncourse patrons as there will now be no need to make the long drive to Gawler, Balaklava, Murray Bridge or Strathalbyn as the very same bookmakers prices will be available at Angle Park every Wednesday. Touch screens have also been installed at Angle Park to assist with race form every meeting.
Punters can enjoy the comfort of the Angle Park betting auditorium and it’s free to get in. No more hot or cold old betting rings after a long drive. Why not give it a try?
Please tell your thoroughbred friends about this outstanding opportunity. Save your entry fee and petrol and participate in the opportunity to win a free $50 betting voucher drawn on the day with Peter Damarell’s compliments.
NEW BOOKING NUMBER FOR TRIALS
Participants who wish to book trials have to ring 8243 7172. This phone line will only be used for trial bookings and will queue participants. By having this one number with participants queuing makes this process more efficient for booking trials. There will be NO trials accepted through the normal administration number. To be fair to everyone GRSA will only accept bookings using the new number.
Please make yourself aware of the new number for booking trials.
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for October has been released last 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.
PUPS FOR SALE
El Grand Señor x Token Cabernet
1 black bitch and 1 fawn dog
Born 26th December 2012. Beautiful 9 month old pups from proven city winning dam. Most of your rearing is done. 1st payment of Breeders series has been paid, plus eligible for all other SA Bred Bonuses.
Bargain at $2000 each
Also have
Oaks Road x Tinashe Bale
1 black dog left. Born 3rd June 2013.
Tinashe Bale herself won 22 races and over $42,000 in prizemoney, with her litter being the winners of 108 races and over $370,000.
This pup contains a double cross to Brett Lee, the same cross found in SA Superstar Ernie Bung Arrow. With a little Import blood with Spiral Nikita thrown in.
Pup will be fully paid up for breeders series for you on purchase.
$3000.
Contact Lisa Rasmussen - 0407935284
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$4,500 Classic 2013 Prelude (2) – 515m (Heats 23/10/13)
$2,960 SA Owned Grade 5 – 515m
$3,240 Grade 5 – 600m
$4,640 FFA – 731m
Nominations close Monday 28th October at 9.00am with GRSA