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Gytrash Wins The Group 1 Lightning Stakes

Posted on February 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

South Australian gelding Gytrash has upset some of the country's best-credentialed sprinters to give trainer Gordon Richards his first Group One in the Lightning Stakes at Flemington. Gytrash missed most of last year's spring carnival with a knee issue after jarring up when second in the Group Three The Heath at Caulfield, but the four-year-old[...]

Posted on February 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Flemington specialist Gytrash faces his most serious test on the straight course when he tackles the Group One Lightning Stakes. The South Australian visitor is among 13 nominations taken on Monday for Saturday's dash over 1000m. Six of the 13 entries have been prepared, or raced, interstate in the lead-up to Saturday's race which has[...]

Posted on February 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards is raising the bar again with progressive sprinter Bold Star who could earn a crack at the Group One Oakleigh Plate if he steps up in the Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield. Bold Star has done all of his racing in Melbourne during his current campaign, notching three wins and a second[...]

Posted on January 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Progressive South Australian sprinter Bold Star has made a habit of winning in Melbourne this campaign and the gelding has done so again to land his first stakes win at Flemington. Bold Star's narrow victory in Saturday's Listed Kensington Stakes (1000m) was the four-year-old gelding's third win in Melbourne from four starts this preparation, with[...]

Posted on January 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After having his spring campaign cut short after one start, promising Adelaide speedster Gytrash is building towards a return in one of Melbourne's feature sprints. Gytrash was a luckless second in the Group Three The Heath (1100m) at Caulfield on August 31 before he was sidelined through injury. Trainer Gordon Richards, who has fellow four-year-old[...]

Posted on December 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Smart Adelaide sprinter Gytrash is back in work after missing a spring campaign because of a knee injury. Trainer Gordon Richards hopes to target Melbourne's rich autumn sprint races with the four-year-old but will not lock in a program until he assesses the gelding in the early stages of his campaign. A dual winner up[...]

Posted on November 5, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Garner has capped his first preparation with victory at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day, adding to an impressive recent strike rate in Melbourne for Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards. Three-year-old Garner's one-length success in Tuesday's Schweppervescence Plate (1000m) against his own age as the $3.80 favourite was the fourth win for Richards at Flemington from his[...]

Posted on September 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Adelaide trainer Gordon Richards has sent Gytrash to the Ballarat veterinary clinic in a bid to determine the extent of a knee injury that ruled the sprinter out of a start at Flemington. Gytrash was among nominations for the Group Two Bobbie Lewis Quality at Flemington on Saturday but was forced out because of lameness.[...]

Posted on August 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gordon Richards admits the weight scale is not ideal for Gytrash in his upcoming Group Three assignment but the Adelaide trainer believes The Heath will be a good test of the promising sprinter's spring credentials. And if the four-year-old can upstage some of his more experienced rivals in Saturday's 1100m-race, it could set him up[...]

Posted on August 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gordon Richards is making a habit of winning at Flemington this winter, with Charossa giving the Adelaide trainer his third straight success at the Melbourne track. Richards sent promising sprinter Gytrash to Melbourne to win twice in June, including the Listed Creswick Stakes, and Charossa was the trainer's first Flemington runner since in Saturday's VRC[...]

Posted on June 22, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Promising South Australian sprinter Gytrash has capped his preparation with a dominant win in a listed race at Flemington that his trainer Gordon Richards admits was an afterthought. After winning at the same track two weeks ago, Gytrash easily accounted for a handy field of three-year-olds in Saturday's A R Creswick Stakes over the straight[...]

Posted on June 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Adelaide sprinter Gytrash has performed strongly in his two Melbourne appearances and his trainer Gordon Richards believes the three-year-old is on target to do so again in the A R Creswick Stakes at Flemington. Gytrash runs in Saturday's Listed 1200m-race against his own age having won at his first attempt on the straight course at[...]

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