Springvale Max wins 2022 Group 3 Howard Ashton final
The highlight of last Thursday night’s racing at headquarters in South Australia was the running of the Group 3 Howard Ashton final at Angle Park, which saw a wonderful field of locally bred sprinters assembled with Springvale Max trained by Gavin Harris charging home late to claim the $25,000 first prize.
Springvale Max was sent out a clear second favourite from box six with ‘hot pot’ He’s All Purpose starting a short priced favourite with online bookmakers
2022 Group 3 Howard Ashton final (Angle Park, 515m) – Springvale Max (30.42)
Last night’s feature race was named in honour of Hall of Fame member, Howard Ashton.
Howard was instrumental in the professional running of Greyhound Racing in South Australia for many, many years as an Administrator of the Industry.
He started his journey at Angle Park where he managed a number of roles locally along with positions nationally as the Executive Officer of GCA.
South Australia has only 2 other inductees in the Hall of Fame, Brian Johnstone and Doug Payne, who also have races named in their honour.