Tonight's Angle Park Preview
Well there goes another financial year so it’s time we start backing a few winners to boost the old bank account. The highlights on tonight’s programme are a mixture over three distances, two handy 600m events and a 731m. We must all be watching race 6 on the card as we see the all-conquering Optic Shimmer, she has more pickets (wins) next to her name, nearly enough to go around Adelaide Oval!!!!!
Race 1 and we can kick off with the Trevor Jessup trained Scarp Missile. She won here on debut and led throughout for a smart win in 30.13. She should only be improved and is very quick early. The big dangers look to be Cosmic Shez out in box 8 and Sandave Gem. Box up 2.3.7.8
Race 2 and this is a very open affair with several chances. I like one who hasn’t missed a cheque in her last 4 and that is Yarramundi Hanna. She has pace and hopefully she can be in the top 3 into the back. Roxette Bale is honest and so is Silver Crown. Box Up 2.3.5.7
Race 3 and the Jovanovic kennel can go home with a winner in Lucky Road. He is well drawn down in box 2 and should be cherry ripe to score. Fast Noodle will be running on along with Aston Archer who loves to run a place. Box Up 1.2.3.6
Race 4 and the 1st of the 600m events, I am going with pace in Nebula. He has moderate beginners on his inside and that will be a great help. Supersonic Hawk will be charging home as usual and don’t leave out Dyna Inca. Box Up 3.4.6.8
The 2nd of the 600’s and he looks a good thing and that is Placid Planet. He led and won here last week in a slick 34.92 from box 7 and looks far too good again. So we will make him the standout for the trifecta. 8 from 2.4.5 Boxed.
Race 6 and we see the flying Optic Shimmer start here from Box 1. She has won 10 from 10 since transferring to SA and Owner/Trainer Robyn Mackellar has placed her perfectly in mixing tracks and distances. Can she win again, YES!!!! Box Up 1 from 2.3.7
Race 7 and Matty Payne has a handy one in Ritza Raider who loves this draw and has a personal best from the same draw. Big Zap returned to form with a good win at Gawler and will be running on late. Box up 1.2.4.8
Race 8 and how good is this race with a mix of pace and strength. Kalden Gambino is my pick who is in the Ray Murray kennel. He flew home here last start to win after finding trouble early and led throughout at his previous run for a strong 29.64 win. He is boxed to win, add in Peejay Jack who hasn’t missed a place in his last 5 along with He’s A Villian. Box up 2.3.4.8
The 9th and this is the 731m event where we are tipping Grifter Bale. He was an eye catching run here last start when flying home to run 3rd beaten a 1L in the Sayers Cup Final. Top pick for mine. Springvale Clint is strong and is VERY fit. He won here last start and is the big danger. Box Up 2.5.7.8
Race 10 and Mathew Payne can bring up a double when Ritza Star wins from box 7. He was a strong winner here last week from box 1 in 30.08 and should win again. Seiko Bale keeps on popping up and is a must for trifecta punters. Box Up 1.2.6.7
The final event and this is a good one to go home on as its wide open and if we are in trouble they are all even. I will go with Rellim Allan down in box 2. He is hit and miss early but strong. Point Made will be right in it along with Rupert. Box Up 1.2.4.5.
Best Bets
Race 5 No 8 Placid Planet
Best Each Way
Race 2 No 2 Yarramundi Hanna
Best Roughie
Race 3 No 3 Freesia Bale
UBET JACKPOTS TODAY
ANGLE PARK TREBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 6,7 and 8 tonight at Angle Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Treble Jackpot of $5,451.
ALBION PARK FIRST 4 JACKPOT
Race 7 tonight at Albion Park the Winter Cup Final will carry an extra bonus for punters, it will include a First 4 Jackpot of $20,000.
ALBION PARK QUADRELLA JACKPOT
Race’s 5,6,7 and 8 tonight at Albion Park will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Quadrella Jackpot of $8,832.
HOBART DAILY DOUBLE JACKPOT
Race’s 7 and 8 tonight at Hobart will carry an extra bonus for punters, they will include a Daily Double Jackpot of $2,255.
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.
ANGLE PARK THURSDAY
Next weeks Angle Park meeting features –
$4,800 Feature Grade 5 Final – 600m (Heats 2/7/15)
$3,265 SA Owned Grade 5 – 515m
$2,550 SA Bred Grade 6 – 515m
$4,800 Mixed – 731m
Nominations close Monday 6th July at 9.00am with GRSA
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BOY FROM THE BUSH
Selections for tonight’s exciting 11 event card of racing at Angle Park featuring the Heats for the Feature Grade 5 over the 600m tonight -
First 4 selections –
Race 1 3/2/7/5
Race 2 8/2/5/7
Race 3 6/1/3/2
Race 4 4/6/7/8
Race 5 8/4/1/5
Race 6 1/7/3/5
Race 7 1/2/7/4
Race 8 1/2/3/4
Race 9 8/5/2/1
Race 10 2/7/4/1
Race 11 4/5/8/2
Best Bet Race 4 No 4 Supersonic Hawk
Each-Way Race 3 No 6 Aston Archer
Best Roughie Race 8 No 8 Young Gun McBain
LOCAL INDUSTRY NEWS
CHAMPION PUPPY HEATS – NOMINATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW
Owners & Trainers of up and coming youngsters should note that the Champion Puppy series nominations close tomorrow.
The Champion Puppy Series is for greyhounds whelped on or after 1st July 2013.
The Heats will be run on Wednesday 8th July, Semi-Finals will be run on Thursday 16thJuly and the Final on Thursday 23rd July. Prizemoney for the 2015 Final will be $8,565.
* Nominations close tomorrow (Friday 3rd July) with GRSA at 9.00am.
2014 GAWLER PRODUCE THIS SUNDAY
Two terrific semi finals were conducted on Tuesday at Gawler for the rich 2015 Gawler Produce series.
The first semi final was taken out by Here Comes Henry for trainer Paula Hearnden who ran home too powerfully for Beau Mambo who battled on well and Chatterbox Ella who run home well for third after being near the tail of the field. Here Comes Henry ran 30.92 and box 8 in the final will allow him plenty of room to balance up.
The second semi final went the way of Mrs Bubbles for trainer Matthew Payne. He has recently taken over her training with her improvement highlighted by a brilliant 30.32 win in her semi final. This is only a tick outside the long standing track record where she led throughout to win from Wheel Spinner and Scottish Thistle.
The box draw for the 2015 Gawler Produce final was conducted on track:
1. Stack’Em Fast Bruce Lellmann
2. Mrs Bubbles Matthew Payne
3. Beau Mambo Michael Chilcott
4. Chatterbox Ella Troy Murray
5. Scottish Thistle Michael Stewart
6. Wheel Spinner Brendan Gottschutzke
7. Gelignite Jack Judi Hurley
8. Here Comes Henry Paula Hearnden
9. Long Gully Ben (res) Paula Hearnden
10. Glycerine Miss (res) Judi Hurley
The $22,000 Gawler Produce final will be run this Sunday night 5th July. The race is listed to jump at 7.44pm (SA time) and will be race 8 on the program with coverage on Sky Racing 1& 2. Racing on final night starts at 5.26pm with the last of 11 races to be run at 8.48pm. Also featured on the night will be the Anniversary Cup final and the Gawler Produce Consolation.
The winner of the Final is also eligible for a $12,000 bonus if it can win the 2015 Gawler Gold Cup in November. The Bonus was not won last series, so it has jackpotted by $1,000 for 2015. If the winner of the Produce is SA Bred, there is also a $1,000 SA Bred Bonus.
PROVINCIAL 1 CLASS ON SUNDAY 5TH JULY FOR GRADING AND PRIZEMONEY
With the rich Gawler Produce final on Sunday 5th July the whole meeting has been graded as a Provincial 1 class meeting with Provincial 1 prizemoney. This will mean however that the meeting at Gawler on Tuesday 7th July will be a Provincial 2 class meeting for grading and prizemoney.
PORT AUGUSTA CUP FINAL ON SATURDAY
The Port Augusta Greyhound Racing Club will have a massive meeting this Saturday highlighted by the running of the 2015 Port Augusta Cup final. The final is worth $3,000 and supported by the Port Augusta City Council.
There were three heats conducted two weeks ago with heat winners being –
Dr. Kiaralee – 28.93
Fancy Rick – 28.62
Gustow Bale – 28.86
Also on the program will be the final of both the Murray Pridham Memorial after one heat was run last meeting along with the Andy Maxwell Maiden final.
* Nominations for the meeting will close with GRSA on Tuesday 30th June at 9.00am.
UPDATED BREEDING RULES FROM 1ST JULY
From the 1st July there will be new breeding rules in place regarding the Registration of a Breeding Female, reporting of Litters and Breeding Restrictions. The Breeding Female is to do with registering your bitch for a Pink Card before you breed from her. She needs to be DNA tested and registered before she can breed. The changes to rules make it clear that all paperwork and processes have to be completed before she can be inseminated. Please update yourself with the new conditions in kennel capers, on the GRSA website or contact GRSA Animal Welfare Officer Belinda Pearce.
RACING IN QUEENSLAND
If you are intending to race in Queensland there will be a requirement for interstate trainers to sign a Statutory Declaration prior to nominating a greyhound from 1 July 2015.
Racing Queensland has advised that people are at liberty to submit alternative declarations for consideration by RQ. These forms are available from GRSA and will be available on the GRSA website for participants shortly. Please contact me for any assistance if traveling to Queensland.
AGRA GROUP RACING CALENDAR
The AGRA Group racing calendar has now been released for season 2015/2016. With South Australia having 6 Group races which are –
Group 3 Coffex Coffee SA Oaks – 10th September 2015
Group 3 BGC Industrial Cleaning Supplies SA Derby – 17th September 2015
Group 1 Adelaide Cup – Friday 9th October 2015
Group 3 Gawler Gold Cup – 1st November 2015
Group 3 Brian Johnstone – 3rd December 2015
Group 3 Howard Ashton – 2nd June 2016
BGC INDUSTRIAL CLEANING SUPPLIES ON BOARD FOR SA DERBY
Barry from BGC Industrial Cleaning Supplies has come on board to sponsor this years Group 3 SA Derby. The SA Derby is one of the most sought after feature races on our calendar with some of the best greyhounds ever to race at Angle Park taking out this event. It’s another terrific boost for our industry to have BGC sponsor this feature race.
2015 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The AGRA National Championships are just around the corner. The National Finals this year will be held at Wentworth Park in New South Wales to be conducted on Saturday 22nd 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 30th July for the Heats with the State Finals on the 6th 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 23rd July at 12 noon. Nominations must be on the prescribed form and the conditions of nomination must also be signed. The forms are available at GRSA and on the GRSA website.
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.
TWELVE RACES AT MT GAMBIER ON FRIDAYS
Approval has been granted for Mt Gambier to run a possible 12 races on their race program from 1st July on a regular basis where they receive most exposure and achieve better off course wagering. This will be dependent upon nominations received. On Sundays the club is only approved to run 10 races in the new season.
GLEN GALLON @ STUD SERIES
The last Glen Gallon @ Stud race series will be run at Angle Park on Thursday 13th August for Open Free For All greyhounds over the 600m worth $4,415 with connections receiving a free service to Glen Gallon.
*Nominations close on Monday 10th August at 9.00am with GRSA.
STRATHALBYN TRIALS AT RACE MEETINGS
The Strathalbyn Greyhound Racing Club has advised that for any future trails at race meetings these will be conducted after the last race. Please contact the club if you are looking to trail on a race day.
ICG MEETING ON FRIDAY 17TH JULY
The next ICG meeting will be held at Angle Park on Friday 17th July. An agenda will be sent out to the panel members very shortly. Some of the topics the panel will be considering are –
· The eligibility for industry persons to receive SA Bred bonuses
· Council permits
· Strategic Planning Review in the wake of the issues over the last 6 months
· Stakemoney Strategies – ie flattening stakes
· Industry Services – trialing and rearing
· General Discussion with topics to include grading opportunities for slower greyhounds, the introduction of tiered licensing/breeding, the need for participant education, and opportunities for mentoring industry newcomers
Please discuss these issues with industry members of the ICG so they can provide feedback to the meeting. ICG industry panel members are –
· Ray Fewings
· Gavin Harris
· Judi Hurley
· Lisa Rasmussen
· Ivan Broadbridge
· Peter Damarell
· Michael Ceravolo
INDUSTRY TRAINERS MEETING ON TUESDAY 11TH AUGUST
The next Industry Trainers meeting will be held at Gawler on Tuesday 11th August starting around 10am. GRSA will work in with those trainers during kennelling and racing times. An agenda and conformation of the panel will be sent out in the next few weeks.