Tonight's Angle Park Preview
SEASONS GREETINGS
On behalf of the GRSA Board Members,
Management and Staff we would like to
wish all greyhound industry participants and followers a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year.
TELLING THE TAIL by The Shadow
Good luck to all who are having a punt tonight and Merry Christmas to all Greyhound supporters and the Staff of GRSA.
Race 1 and let’s kick off with a cheeky one in Fair Change for Todd Kelly. This is a good race to have a wager on. She is more than capable of pinching this and there is a heap of chances so box up 1-2-3-6.
Race 2 and it will be a firm track and the likely leader will be the well named Flying Charles for Troy Murray. He has terrific short course form and can lead here for a long way. The dangers look to be Victa Nicole and Omar Bale. Box up 1-3-6-8.
Race 3 and I will stick with Contrarian. He has been struggling of late but should get the bickies with his early pace. The others all will be running on late. Box up 1-3-6-8.
Race 4 and I have gone for early pace in Sienna Bale. She is a worry over this trip but is the likely leader. The 7 runner is a newcomer from WA and is one to keep an eye on. Box up 2-3-5-7.
Onto the fifth and this is an interesting race. The 600m affair has a heap of chances and there are too many to name. I will stick with the old fella, I don’t mean the dog!!! The trainer, Wally Harkins’, Who De Punk. He loves to lead and will take a power of beating. Add in Victa Scott and Galaxy Snow. Box up 2-5-6-8.
Race 6 and the Harkins kennel can get a double with Good Odds Punk. He will be running on late from box 2 and will give this a shake. Book Of Shadows is a lot better than form suggests and is drawn for a bold showing. Box up 1-2-4-7.
Race 7 and this looks a 2 dog race between the 1 and the 2. They both have pace and it will be who leads to the 1st turn. So I have gone with Benchmark from box 1. Box up 1-2-5-6.
The 8th and Fire Tyson can bounce back from last week’s defeat. He found a heap of trouble from box 6 but still ran a handy 3rd . Springvale Cool and Flying Tee, both have chances and will be right in the mix. Box up 1-2-6-7.
Race 9 and the 700m event and Token McLaren will start the short priced favourite. He walked out here last start and was a VERY disappointing 2nd in 43.35. He is a class act when on song and can bounce back in the small field. Box up 1-2-4-5.
Race 10, this is a tough race but the rails never fails and that is British Bomber from box 1. He can run a bold race from the red for Kenny Gill. There is a heap of chances for the minors. Box up 1-4-5-6.
The last event and lets go home on a winner with the Cameron Butcher Regal Looper. He should lead and win from box 3. Box up 1-2-3-6.
Best Bet - Father Christmas won’t bring what you want.
Best Eachway - your wife or partner will get what they want.
Best Roughie - the next door neighbour will get the lot.
Good luck Happy Christmas to all safe driving and don’t forget to give the dish lickers a special treat on the 25th FROM The Shadow….
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 $3,083.
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 $7,351.
HOBART FIRST 4 JACKPOT
Race 8 tonight at Hobart the Hobart Thousand Final will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $5,000.
HOBART DAILY DOUBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 7 & 8 tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a Daily DoubleJackpot of $1,754.
KENNEL CAPERS ONCE A MONTH
The monthly Kennel Capers for December was 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.
MAN FROM THE TOWER
Selections for tonight’s thrilling 11 event card of racing at Angle Park tonight featuring the Doug Payne SA Bred Feature-
First 4 selections –
race one 1/3/2/6
race two 6/2/3/1
race three 6/7/8/3
race four 3/1/5/6
race five 6/3/8/5
race six 8/2/1/4
race seven 2/1/5/6
race eight 2/1/5/8
race nine 2/4/1/5
race ten 4/1/6/5
race eleven 3/8/7/1
Best Bet Race 7 Bogie Magic (Box 2)
Best Eachway Race 6 Good Odds Punk (Box 2)
LOCAL INDUSTRY NEWS
DOUG PAYNE NIGHT
A great night of racing at headquarters tonight featuring the $6,875 Doug Payne Feature for Open SA Bred greyhounds. It’s an outstanding field with the box draw making it even more interesting with all runners given a hope of filling the placings. The Tony Lagana trained Fire Tyson will be looking to make it back to back Doug Payne’s after winning last years feature but will get stiff competition from the likes of Springvale Cool, Flying Tee and Victa Victoria.
Trainers are reminded to collect a free bottle of wine from the Racing Office tonight when getting their Trainers Fee to thank them for their participation this year.
HOBART THOUSAND FINAL TONIGHT
Australia’s Feature Calendar switches to Hobart tonight with the running of the $75,000 to the winner Hobart Thousand Final. One of the National Calendar’s longest running feature races, it has its origins back in the 1930’s.
A top field has been assembled from the heats last week who have progressed through to tonight’s Group 1 Final. TattsBet will be offering a Fixed Priced service on the Hobart Thousand Final with Victorians Black Opal Magic, Farmor Las Vegas and Paw Licking looking the top hopes.
NO GAP PARADES TONIGHT
The Greyhound Adoption Program have advised that there will be no GAP parades tonight oncourse at Angle Park (19th December).
XMAS SHOW THIS FRIDAY AT ANGLE PARK
This month we have been running at Angle Park in the Friday Day timeslot prior to Christmas. This Friday there is around 260 people booked in for a Xmas Show. We will revert back to our normal programmed meetings between Gawler and Mt Gambier after Xmas Day.
XMAS SPRINT NEXT THURSDAY
Next Thursday night will see the running of the Xmas Sprint. The race is for Open greyhounds graded on a “Best 8” basis; it is run over the 515m trip. Prizemoney for the race is a total of $4,265
*Nominations close next Monday 23rd December with GRSA at 9.00am.
JUVENILE FEATURE HEATS AT THE END OF THE MONTH
The next Low Grade Feature series will be for Juvenile greyhounds to be run over the 515m journey. The $2,270 heats will be run on Thursday 26th December with the $4,265 Final on Thursday 2nd January.
Nominations close with GRSA at 9.00am on Monday 23rd December
ICE VESTS AVAILABLE FROM GRSA
With the Hot Weather fast approaching having your own Ice Vest for your greyhound could give you that little edge on your rivals. They are available through the Chairman of Stewards Paul Marks for $100 each. Please contact Paul to place your order.
FIXED ODDS AT ANGLE PARK ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
Tattsbet have begun offering a Fixed Odds market on ALL races at Angle Park on Monday night and Thursday night. This started a few weeks ago and the response has been excellent providing another betting option for our punters.
NO TRIALS AT ANGLE PARK XMAS EVE OR NEW YEARS EVE
With Christmas Eve and New Years Eve falling on a Tuesday night there will be No trials conducted at Angle Park. Due to staffing arrangements and an opportunity for most to spend time with their families the decision was made not to conduct trials on these nights.
GAWLER TRIALS ON BOXING DAY
We will be trialling at Gawler on Thursday morning to assist trainers with the opportunity to prepare their greyhound for racing. Due to Xmas Day the day before these trials will be conducted from 8.00am to 10.30am.
ANGLE PARK ON BOXING DAY NOW IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE
After a request from GRV and approval from Sky Racing we have shifted out Thursday night meeting on December 26 (Boxing Day) from a night meeting to a twilight meeting. This has assisted GRV with their programming of feature Group races at Sandown and Sale on this night.
Race times at Angle Park will now be around 3.18pm to 6.27pm. GRSA will increase the Trainers Fee for this meeting by an extra $10 per trainer to assist our participants.
ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS OVER XMAS AND NEW YEAR
Trainers are reminded that the Trainers Fee on Public Holidays are paid into your bank account. This happens for all public holidays during the year so will also occur for December 26 and January 1st. Prizemoney payments are finalised after Monday nights meeting and normally paid into your account on Wednesdays however payments will be made one day earlier on the Tuesday before Xmas and the Tuesday before New Years Eve.
SA BRED FUTURITY PAYMENTS
The next batch of futurity payments are due on Friday 27th December and there are three series for which payments need to be made. Please contact Caralyn Fielden if you have not received any paperwork.
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.
ADELAIDE CUP TO RUN ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN 2014
As announced in the Sunday Mail last weekend the Group 1 Adelaide Cup in 2014 will be run on a Friday night for the first time in the races history. The opportunity came out of the blue, with Greyhound Racing Victoria first approaching GRSA about swapping our Thursday night on Boxing Day to allow the Group 1 Sale Cup, typically in a twilight timeslot, to be run in conjunction with the Sandown Park meeting at night.
As previously advertised we moved Boxing Day to a twilight meeting and requested a Friday night meeting from GRVIC in return. The chance to run our Group 1 on a Friday night was too good an opportunity for us pass up so next year the Adelaide Cup Final will be held on Friday, October 10, however we are still deciding the format of the series and whether to run the heats on the Thursday night, October 2, or Monday night, October 6.
We expect the move will allow more people to attend reaching a larger market and create a bigger atmosphere at Angle Park while also boosting turnover in the lucrative timeslot. We would also continue to work with other States in finding opportunities to improve the profile of racing in South Australia.
ANGLE PARK MONDAY NIGHT TRIAL POLICY
Monday Nights only (commenced 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.
ANGLE PARK NEXT THURSDAY (Twilight)
Next weeks Angle Park Thursday meeting features –
$4,265 Xmas Cup Sprint – 515m
$2,270 Heats Juvenile – 515m (Final 2/1/14)
$2,960 Grade 5 Bitches Only – 515m
$4,640 FFA – 600m
Nominations close Monday 23rd December at 9.00am with GRSA
SA SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP
Owners & Trainers are reminded of the domiciliary clause on the SA Sprint Championship coming up in January. To be eligible a greyhound must have been domiciled in SA for a period of not less than 76 days out of the 150 days immediately prior to the time fixed for the finalising of nominations and drawing of fields. (Nationals policy adopted)
This date going back 76 days is 23rd October as nominations close on Monday 6th January 2013.
The $4,265 heats are scheduled to be run on Thursday 9th January, with the Final to be run on Thursday 16th January. Total prizemoney for the listed final will be $22,000, with the winner’s share of $15,000.
Nominations close on Monday 6th January 2013 at 9.00am with GRSA.
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. 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.