Weekly Greyhound News
1 February, 2017
Greyhound
MONDAY 30 JANUARY ABANDONED MEETING
Following a review of the circumstances regarding the abandonment of the races on Monday 30 January, two decisions have been made.
The abandoned meeting payment will be $80 per runner instead of the usual $25 pre kennelling payment.
WAGRA have also agreed to race on the Monday 6 March public holiday.
These decisions are one off and by no means are setting any precedence for future meetings.
CHASING WA FEBRUARY EDITION
The February edition of Chasing WA will be available online later this week and for collection at Greyhounds WA venues next week.
Please note a Provincial Class 520m Novice race has been added to the Wednesday night program with the Country Grade 6 520m race being moved to the Monday program.
RWWA ANNOUNCES 2016 WA GOTY CONTENDERS
Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) is pleased to announce that the following four greyhounds (in alphabetical order) are the final contenders for the 2016 WA Greyhound of the Year (GOTY) Title – IMA WAGTAIL, MONARO MONELLI, RAMIFICATIONS and TIMES SQUARE.
IMA WAGTAIL raced 15 times during 2016 for 6 wins and 4 placings for a total of $176,715 in stakes and a further $34,000 in WESTCHA$E bonuses. IMA WAGTAIL was only sparingly raced during 2016 but he peaked when it mattered most taking out the Group 1 Perth Cup.
MONARO MONELLI raced 43 times during 2016 for 14 wins and 17 placings for a total of $117,239 in stakes and a further $24,000 in WESTCHA$E bonuses. MONARO MONELLI worked his way through the grades becoming a consistent FFA chaser. He made 9 finals for the year with his biggest win being the Group 3 Mandurah Cup.
RAMIFICATIONS raced 36 times during 2016 for 18 wins and 10 placings for a total of $138,305 in stakes and a further $27,000 in WESTCHA$E bonuses. RAMIFICATIONS started the year off winning the Puppy Classic over 520m and he finished the year winning the Christmas Gift over 715m. He made 9 finals with 5 of them being Group races.
TIMES SQUARE raced 32 times during 2016 for 16 wins and 6 placings for a total of $93,830 in stakes and a further $24,750 in WESTCHA$E bonuses. TIMES SQUARE started the year off as a Maiden and it did not take long for her to show GOTY credentials. She made 6 finals for the year with her biggest success coming during the WA Sprint Championship where she represented the state in the Group 1 final in Adelaide finishing 3rd.
All four final contenders will be acknowledged at a lunch time function at Mandurah Quays Resort on Sunday, 26 March 2017. At which the 2016 WA GOTY Award will be presented, along with various other awards.
REINSTATEMENT OF GREYHOUND FEATURE FUNDING
RWWA is pleased to announce that the decision to cut feature finals by 10% and the Perth Cup and Galaxy series by 20% has been reconsidered and the full feature funding has been reinstated.
Connections with runners from the 5 finals concluded with the 10% reduction (Anniversary Cup, Express Stake, Christmas Gift, The Claude Powell & Peel Plate) have received a stakes correction.