Thursday Night Angle Park Preview
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
What a fantastic night of racing we have tonight and the headline event is the Triple M 2013 Adelaide Cup Final which is Race 8 on the 12 event card. If you are a MMM listener as I am, not only do they play good music but they have nearly 100 listener’s being entertained in a marque (The Dog House) on track side tonight with Mark Ricciutio and Chris Dittmar from the Rush Hour Show 3pm – 6pm weekdays.
Race 1 and there is a lot of speed in this event. Grainne O’Malley has the pace to kick up early and win from box 2. The challengers will be crossing hard from out wide in Bogie Magic and Carlos Tyson. Add in Pandora Kist who will be flashing home. Box up 2-3-7-8.
Interesting race as it is very open. Box 1 is a bonus for Victa Sam and he can rail early and hold the lead. Modest Ruler has a good turn of pace and was placed last start in a Cup Heat and will find this a lot easier. Don’t forget about Well Quoted who has been knocking on the door in recent runs. Box up 1-2-5-8.
Race 3 and trainer Ken Gill has a very big chance of winning this race and the Cup final. He has Farmeroo engaged in this event. He hasn’t missed a cheque in his last 4 runs and will be very hard to catch tonight. The main dangers are Dyna Ultra and Long Gully Flip. Box up 1-3-5-8.
The Premiers Cup over the 731m and I am tipping the old fellow in Kalden Mayhem who should be fresh from a disappointing last start 5th here last month. Mimicking for the Britton kennel loves this track and he hasn’t missed a place here in 6 runs. They appear the main two chances, add in Fender who is in good form. Box Up 3-7-6-8.
Race 5 looks a two dog race with Dolmar from box 1 and the pacey Kalden Kapone for Troy Murray. Both have different racing styles and I’m with the pole runner for Ben Rawlings. Contrarian led and won well here last week but will need luck to cross. Box up 1-2-4-6.
Race 6 and Webster was a solid run in the Cup heats and ran a really good 2nd behind the flying Ernie Bung Arrow. He won 1st up here and from box 1 will take beating tonight. Kalden Mischief is a pacey performer who is the BIG danger from box 3. The others for trifecta punters are Kalden Kurageous and Benchmark. Box up 1-2-3-8.
Tough race as there are several chances even though it is now a small field of six. Flying Tee hasn’t raced since early last month when a well beaten 7th after starting the favourite. He was in terrific form prior and can bounce back despite the draw.
Kaylarikki is racing well but is hit and miss on box rise and Victa Brooke has plenty of ability. Box up 1-4-5-6.
The Adelaide Cup Final and $75,000 bickies is on offer to the winner.
“ How Good is That”. What a terrific race on the card, this is one of the better Cups we have seen here in Adelaide as there are at least 5 winning chances and it all depends on the 1st turn. Iona Seven hasn’t put a paw wrong here and is one of two runners for the powerful Robert Britton kennels in tonight’s final. She has pace and carved out a slick 29.41 win here in the heat from box 4. The inform sprinter can kick up and lead and is amongst the main chances. Local star Ernie Bung Arrow continues to excel and has only been beaten ONCE in his 13 career starts, box 8 is a bonus as he loves a bit of room early and he has the pace to cross and win. Add in Farmor Las Vegas who was the quickest heat winner here last week with a sensational 29.36 win along with Ronan Izmir for Jason Thompson. What a class field and good luck to all runners and connections. Box Up 2-3-5-8.
“GO ERNIE”
Race 9 and Dyna Aline led them a merry dance here last week for a slick win in 34.97 over Victa Scott and looks very hard to beat again tonight. Tercel who loves the trip and has drawn well and will be carving across. Victa Scott cannot be overlooked along with kennel mate Victa Victoria. Box Up 1-3-4-7.
Race 10, now this is a very open affair and it could be the get out stakes. I am leaning towards Dyna Denny for Lisa Rasmussen. He has a good turn of early pace and can lead and win from box 7. There are a heap of dangers. Box up 2-5-7-8.
Race 11 and we can box up the inside brigade as Mimic Master can lead and win from box 1 for Steve Coates. He has been racing well and won here 2 runs back in 30.07. Life’s Cool along with Dyna Erwin for the placing’s. Box up 1-2-3-6.
The last of 12 races on a fantastic night of racing and lets box up 1-6-7-8 with Murf’s Angel from the red having enough pace to hold the lead and win.
Good Luck and I hope everyone has a night to remember at the 2013 Adelaide Cup…
JOKE OF THE WEEK
Have you noticed how the top and bottom biscuit in the packet are always broken?
I don't know why they bother putting them in.
JACKPOTS TONIGHT
ANGLE PARK FIRST 4 JACKPOT ON ADELAIDE CUP FINAL
Race 8 tonight at Angle Park the Group 1 Triple M Adelaide Cup Final will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $10,000.
ANGLE PARK EXACTA JACKPOT
Race 6 tonight at Angle Park the Triple M Adelaide Cup Consolation will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include an Exacta Jackpot of $9,061.
ALBION PARK FIRST 4 JACKPOT ON GOLD COAST CUP FINAL
Race 8 tonight at Albion Park the Gold Coast Cup Final will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $5,000.
HOBART EXTRA DOUBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 3 & 4 tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include an Extra Double Jackpot of $2,838.
MAN FROM THE TOWER
Selections for tonight’s huge 12 event card of racing at Angle Park featuring the Group 1 Triple M Adelaide Cup Final -
First 4 selections –
race one 8/1/3/2
race two 1/2/5/8
race three 8/5/3/4
race four 6/8/3/4
race five 1/4/2/6
race six 1/2/5/8
race seven 8/1/4/6
race eight 3/8/5/2
race nine 7/3/1/8
race ten 2/8/5/7
race eleven 1/3/8/6
race twelve 1/6/5/7
Best bet race 3 number 5 – Farmeroo
Best eachway race 6 number 5 – Encosta Kahn
Lay of the night is race 8 number 1 – Tomac Bale
LOCAL INDUSTRY NEWS
2013 GROUP 1 TRIPLE M ADELAIDE CUP FINAL
Tonight’s 2013 Triple M Adelaide Cup Final is a Group One event on the AGRA Calendar. It carries total prizemoney of $107,500. The winners share is $75,000, second $20,000, Third $10,000 and unplaced $500 each.
Bookmakers and tote facilities will be available under the downstairs auditorium as is usually the case for Adelaide Cup night and there will also be a satellite bookmaker service upstairs for Restaurant diners. We will have the gigantic big screen downstairs again which has been a huge hit over the past few years and tote TV’s available for punters. The TAB Van will be available in front of the grandstand area near the track and there will also be tote facilities available for patrons in Chasers restaurant on the night.
Additional food outlets will be available for those people not eating in Chasers. There will be plenty of entertainment for families on the night. The entrance price for tonight will be $10.00 for Adults and Concession $5.00, children under 18 free.
The $107,500 Group 1 Final will be race 8 on the program and is listed to jump at 9.23pm (SA time).
The Final field in Box Draw order is:
1. Tomac Bale Mark Delbridge (Vic) (4.47,16.87,29.63 (RH 12.76) *pt)
2. Ronan Izmir Jason Thompson (Vic) (4.42,16.78,29.63 (RH 12.85) *pt)
3. Iona Seven Rob Britton (Vic) (4.39,16.69,29.41 (RH 12.72) *pt)
4. Fire Tyson Tony Lagana (SA) (4.50,16.97,29.86 (RH 12.89) *pt)
5. Farmor Las Vegas Rob Britton (Vic) (4.41,16.63,29.36 (RH 12.73) *pt)
6. Kokoda Spirit Mark Morrissey (Vic) (4.46,16.91,29.74 (RH 12.83) *pt)
7. Peter Rocket Keith Hullmuth (Vic) (4.52,16.92,29.64 (RH 12.72) *pt)
8. Ernie Bung Arrow Ken Gill (SA) (4.35,16.74,29.60 (RH 12.86) *pt)
9. Webster (1st Res) Kim Johnstone (SA) (4.55,17.08,29.92 (RH 12.84) *pt)
10.Benchmark (2nd Res) Petar Jovanovic (SA) (4.52,17.06,29.97 (RH 12.91) *pt)
*pt = personal times
As an added bonus for the Triple M Adelaide Cup punters viewing Sky Racing they will be able to get the expert comments of “The Catching Pen’s” Peter Davis who will give his preview and selections for all races
tonight including the Group 1 final. Peter has been a great supporter of our SA racing carnivals and has provided added flavour to the Sky Coverage.
There are 12 races on a great card of racing tonight, with the first race at 6.42pm. We have an extra gap prior to the Triple M Adelaide Cup Final of 32 minutes giving a terrific lead into tonight’s final with our last race at 10.35pm.
GREYHOUND OF THE MONTH – SEPTEMBER
Greyhound of the Month for September was the Ken Gill trained Ernie Bung Arrow who was absolutely sensational during the month winning all three starts including the Group 3 Schweppes SA Derby. The son of Lochinvar Marlow and Slipper’s Tonic started the month off in brilliant fashion demolishing a Grade 6 event on Wednesday at Angle Park by 12 ½ lengths in a sizzling 29.57 with all attention focused on the Derby series. He was challenged in his heat but was able to show his class and win by a neck in a handy 29.89 booking his spot in the final. He drew box 2 in the final and all eyes were at the start hoping he could show his customary dash when the boxes fly open. He didn’t disappoint his supporters with a fabulous display. He found the front early and from there was never headed recording a brilliant 29.55 for the 515m journey and defeat one of the best Derby fields assembled in recent history. At the end of the month Ernie Bung Arrow had won 11 races from his 12 lifetime starts with 1 minor placing. He has won over almost $40,000 in prizemoney and is now following in the path of last years Derby winner Spud Regis who went on to win the Triple M Adelaide Cup.
RUN OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER
The Run of the Month for September was pretty straight forward this month with Ernie Bung Arrow getting the nod from the judges for his scintillating Schweppes SA Derby win on Thursday 19th September. His time of 29.55 when leading throughout was once of the quickest seen on the track in recent times however it was his performance to produce such a brilliant run against high quality opposition that had the judges in raptures. His explosive speed and fighting qualities have endeared “Ernie” to the local fans however its tonight that could stamp him a National hero.
GROUP RACING FINALS AROUND THE NATION
The Group 1 Triple M Adelaide Cup tonight dominates the National scene this week however there are plenty of stunning finals over the next few days. Albion Park have an excellent field for their Group 3 Gold Coast Cup tonight which includes outstanding chaser Punch One Out.
Mandurah’s Group 3 Final tomorrow night also looks a fantastic race on paper with Linda Britton and Paul Stuart dominating the qualifiers with three each including Group 1 winner Dyna Nalin for Paula and Oh So Smooth for Linda all chasing the $25,000 first prize.
Last but not least will be the Group 3 Sydney Cup Final over the 720m at Wentworth Park on Saturday night where again a handy field of stayers has made it through to the final with heat winners Set Sail South and Infinate Wish both from the Angela Langton kennel looking strong chances however Bell Haven could be the one to win another feature in the harbour city.
ANNUAL GRADING REVIEW MEETING – NOVEMBER 8
Prior to this meeting agenda items will be sought by way of industry consultation. This will be by way of consultation sessions at meetings dealing specifically with grading items and also correspondence from participants.
The consultation sessions are as follows:
Sunday 6th October Strathalbyn (completed)
Monday 7th October Angle Park (completed)
Tuesday 8th October Gawler (completed)
Sunday 20th October Mt Gambier
Based on all the information collected an agenda will be formulated by 25th October and sent to the Grading Review Panel to be discussed at the review.
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
From Monday 23rd September 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 to be a more efficient way of 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 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.
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 –
$2,270 Heats October Grade 6 Feature– 515m (Final 24/10/13)
$4,265 Free For All Bitches – 515m
$3,860 Mixed 3/4/5 – 600m
$4,640 FFA – 731m
Nominations close Monday 14th October at 9.00am with GRSA