Angle Park - Thursday Preview - 2/3/17
by The Shadow
The highlight of tonight’s 10 event programme is the return of 2016 Greyhound of the year Worm Burner, he fronts up in race 8 from a tricky draw (6) and will find this more to his liking than his recent starts in Victoria. Don’t miss race 9 which is a first class 600m event and the run to the 1st turn will be vital as they all have their fair share of ability.
Race 1 and a tricky one to start the night with several chances. I like Purpose Driven who can bounce back after falling here last start, she had a terrific record prior and will be hard to beat. Ruff State hasn’t had much luck of late and can run a cheeky race. Box Up 2.4.6.7.
Race 2 - All the chances will come from wide draws and Windmill Haze has been in fine form and loves being off the track. Aston Apollo has early pace and will be hard to beat if he can skip away early. Mighty Winston loves running a place and is a must for the trifecta. Box Up 5.6.7.8.
Race 3 - The Rasmussen kennel has been firing of late and have a handy one in Yes Sarge, she was run down here last week but is drawn to kick up and pinch this. Funky Monkey is well down in grade and will be running on late, add in Rosie Allen out in box 8 for the value in the pick 4. Box Up 1.3.7.8.
Race 4 - The Troy Murray kennel has a new one in Windsome Summer, her recent racing at Richmond has been more than handy. Columbian Flame has been mixing her form but is more than capable at each way odds. Box Up 3.4.5.8.
Race 5 - There is a lot of pace in this but I will stick with Tommy’s Tune out in box 7, he won here 2 runs back in good fashion and looks a big show in this. Zipping Nelson is my roughie in this as he will be rattling home late at big odds. Box Up 1.3.4.7.
Race 6 - I tipped her last week in the St Ledger final and she was very good although beaten right on the line and that is Dream A Little for the Jones kennel, she can win here and win well. Zipping Prince is boxed for a bold showing and loves to run a place, add in Allen Oregon for the multiples. Box Up 1.2.7.8.
Race 7 - There looks to be several chances so it makes for a good pick 4 race. Trace Amount failed to beat a runner home here last start but is a chance of running a bold race. Go Geronimo will be rattling home late and loves the inside draw, add in Hesa Jayclo who should find this more to his liking. Box Up 1.2.5.7.
Race 8 - Worm Burner returns in this and will find this a lot easier than his recent assignment’s in Victoria, he is a class act when on song and be very hard to beat. Molly Be Nimble is racing in terrific form and is the main danger to her kennel mate. Box Up 1.4.6.7.
Race 9 - How good is this 600 event and there are a heap of chances in the 6 dog event. She’s A Looper has won 5 of her 6 starts over this trip including a slick 34.96 win her from this draw 3 runs back. Texas Titan is a class act when left alone early and will be winding up into the back, we can’t leave out Zipping Gator who loves this track. Box Up 4.5.7.8.
Race 10 - Tough race to go home on but I like one here at good each way odds in Todd Bless, he won from this draw over the short at Gawler last start and has been in the money in 3 of his 4 starts at this venue. Royal Bling will start the punters elect and has been in fine form of late. Box Up 1.3.4.5.
Best Bets
Race 6, No: 2 - Dream A Little
Best Each Way
Race 1, No: 2 - Aston Asteroid
Race 10, No: 1 - Todd Bless
Best Roughie
Race 5, No: 3 - Zipping Nelson
UBET JACKPOTS TONIGHT
ANGLE PARK TRIFECTA JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Trifecta Jackpot 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 $197.
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 $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.
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 $607.
HOBART TRIFECTA JACKPOT ON ALL RACES
All Race’s tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a 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.
HOBART QUINELLA JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Quinella Jackpot of $1,900.
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for February was released a few 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.
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$3,190 Grade 5 Bitches Only – 515m
$3,490 Mixed Masters Stake – 515m (Masters Conditions apply)
$2,645 SA Owned Grade 6 – 515m
$4,990 FFA – 600m
$4,990 FFA – 731m
Nominations close Monday 6th March at 9.00am with GRSA.
The Man from the Tower give us all the tips for tonight’s exciting 10 event card of racing at Angle Park.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 2,6,4,5
Race 2: 6,7,1,8
Race 3: 3,7,1,2
Race 4: 3,8,5,2
Race 5: 1,5,2,3
Race 6: 2,7,1,3
Race 7: 2,7,1,5
Race 8: 7,6,1,8
Race 9: 8,7,4,1
Race 10: 8,5,4,1
Best Bet: Race 3, No: 3 - Funky Monkey
Each-Way: Race 5, No: 1 - McLaren Chief
Roughie: Race 10, No: 8 - Long Gully Jonny
The Boy from the Bush gives his selections for tonight’s super night of racing at Angle Park.
First 4 selections –
Race 1: 7,5,6,8
Race 2: 6,7,8,5
Race 3: 7,1,3,8
Race 4: 3,1,8,5
Race 5: 5,7,2,3
Race 6: 2,7,8,3
Race 7: 7,9,5,3
Race 8: 6,1,2,4
Race 9: 4,7,5,1
Race 10: 4,5,1,7
Best Bets: Race 8, No: 6 - Worm Burner
Each-Way: Race 1, No: 7 - Molly Dobbs
Roughie: Race 6, No: 3 - Paddy McBain
2017 CLASSIC BET MOUNT GAMBIER CUP FINAL
Good luck to Mount Gambier on Sunday with the running of the 2017 Classic Bet Mt Gambier Cup Final.
The club ran 8 terrific heats last week and has drawn together a super field to be run on Sunday. The fastest qualifier for the final was Victorian trained Berry Bling for Nicole Stanley who ran a sizzling 29.74. Berry Bling won the SA Country Cup at Strathalbyn back in November representing the Mt Gambier GRC so knows how to win a feature final. Also qualifying was the locally bred and Victorian trained Mojito Mayhem who will be looking to make it back to back Mt Gambier Cup finals after taking out the race last year. He ran a slick 29.88 while Fabregal for Robyn Mackellar made the trip down from the Metro area and was very impressive winning her heat in 29.87 and might have the class edge on her rivals having won the Group 2 Bogie Leigh in Queensland back in April. With a few locals from the South East, a few locals from Adelaide and interstate flavour, the final should be one race not to be missed.
Other heat winners were Thanks Captain (29.92), Arabella Figg (30.23), Hutch (29.91), Colden Girl (29.77) and Harry Azrec (30.09). Final field listed below –
1. Thanks Captain - David Peckham
2. Mojito Mayhem - Peter Franklin
3. Berry Bling - Nicole Staley
4. Harry Aztec - Yvonne King
5. Arabella Figg - Peter Byrne
6. Hutch - Robert Halliday
7. Fabregal - Robyn Mackellar
8. Colden Girl - Primrose Bryant
9. Master Tron - Ralph Patzel (1st Res)
10. Lyon Rose - Tracie Price (2nd Res)
The $10,000 2017 Classic Bet Mount Gambier Cup Final ($7,000 to the winner) will be run as race 7 at 1.49pm with coverage for this race on Sky Racing 1.
UBET are offering a $5,000 Jackpot First 4 on the final with the pool expected to reach more than $20,000.
There is one Consolation of the Cup run as race 8 with the $2,000 The Produce Store Maiden Final run as race 4. There is also a $1,500 Formula 400 Open Feature (400m) run as race 5 and the $2,000 Blue Lake 600 Grade 5 Series Final to be run as race 6 over the 600m.
Racing kicks off at 11.51am, with the last of 12 races to jump at 3.27pm with selected races covered on Sky Racing 1 & 2.
THE LAUNCHING PAD HEATS – NOMINATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW
Our heats of the Launching Pad will be run on Wednesday 8th March over the 515m at Angle Park for greyhounds that have won 1-4 races and no more than 28 starts.
The heats will be worth $1,130 and will be Non Penalty events. The final will be run at Angle Park on Thursday 16th March over the 515m with prizemoney of $4,540 and will also be Non Penalty.
The winner of the final will take their spot in the Launching Pad heats at Sandown two weeks later however if the winner for whatever reason cannot take their spot then the next qualified greyhound will be given that spot.
The heats at Sandown will be run over the 515m on Thursday 30th March, the semi finals on Thursday 6th April with the $210,000 final run on Thursday 13th April.
Nominations close 9.00am tomorrow (Friday 3rd March) with GRSA.
ST PATRICK’S DAY SPRINT ON MARCH 16
The St. Patrick’s Day is not that far away to be held at Angle Park worth $4,415.
The race will be on Thursday 16th March run over the 515m to be run under Free For All conditions.
Nominations close on Friday, 10th March at 9.00am with GRSA.
BREEDERS 2017 PRELUDE (1) HEATS
Prelude (1) of Breeders 2017 will be run on Wednesday, 22ND March at Angle Park.
The Series is for all greyhounds eligible for Breeders 2017. The Final will be run on Monday, 27th March. Prizemoney will be determined after nominations close.
Nominations close Friday, 17th March with GRSA at 9.00am
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:
March 7th (for APM meeting on 13th March – for APD Wednesday on 15th March)
March 14th (for APM meeting on 20th March – for APD Wednesday on 22nd March)
March 21st (for APM meeting on 27th March – No Qualys for APD Wednesday on 29th March)
Nominations close with GRSA at 12.30pm on the Tuesday of the meeting.
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 22nd 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.
STRATHALBYN TRIALLING DATES
The following dates are for the next trial sessions at Strathalbyn -
Friday 10th March (qualifying trials)
Wednesday 15th March
Friday 24th March
Wednesday 29th March
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 (30th 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 |
| 2/03/2017 | 7 | Vaun Gray | 5 | Steve Meimetis |
| 2/03/2017 | 1 | Jan Jones | 3 | Angela Modra |
| 9/03/2017 | 5 | Tanya Foster | 7 | Darren Fulwood |
| 9/03/2017 | 1 | John William | 3 | Angela Meimetis |
| 16/03/2017 | 8 | Heather Dawe | 6 | Ken Gill |
| 16/03/2017 | 1 | Wendy Matcott | 5 | Allan Francis |
| 23/03/2017 | 1 | Nick Paptheodrakis | 6 | Tabatha Robinson |
| 23/03/2017 | 2 | Paul Daminato | 3 | Alan Randall |