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Gytrash (horse)

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Gytrash
SireLope de Vega
GrandsireShamardal
DamMiss Barley
DamsireFastnet Rock
SexGelding
Foaled28 August 2015
CountryAustralia
ColourChestnut
BreederPackaging Investments Aust Pty Ltd
OwnerJ Heaney, CA Reynolds, RM Warnock, JM Baker, PNU, AJ Charlton, LJ & L Clifford, SB Charlton, Dream To Win, Island Dreaming, RB Jones, VN Gordon, WA & G Blythman
TrainerGordon Richards
Record26: 10–6–7
EarningsA$ 3,738,775 + 750,000 bonus[1]
Major wins
Black Caviar Lightning (2020)
R. N. Irwin Stakes (2020)
Concorde Stakes (2020)
Winners (Yes Yes Yes) Stakes (2020)
Awards
Thoroughbred Racing South Australia Industry Awards, Champion RaceHorse of the Year (2019/2020).[2]

Gytrash (foaled 28 August 2015) is a retired Australian Group 1 Thoroughbred racehorse, who was trained by Gordon Richards at Morphettville in South Australia. He is named after the legendary spirit of English folklore, the Gytrash that is said to take form of a horse, mule or dog.

Background

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Gytrash was bred by Packaging Investments Australia, Haltrow and Glastonbury Farms. He was first offered for sale as a weanling at the Great Southern Sale in 2016, where he was sold for $70,000.

"He was always a lovely type as a weanling, a big, strong chestnut just as he is now and for a Lope De Vega to make $70,000 as a weanling back then, he really did stand out in that sale," Glastonbury's Duncan Grimley said.

Gytrash was then offered at the 2017 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale where he was purchased by his trainer Gordon Richards for $40,000.[3]

Racing career

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After a number of wins at Metropolitan level, he placed 3rd in the Group 2 Euclase Stakes, prior to competing at Group 1 level in The Goodwood. He then won back to back races down the Flemington Straight,[4] the second of which earning him his first black-type race in the Listed Creswick Stakes,[5][6] and a highly credible 2nd in the Group 3 The Heath 1100,[7] earning high regard from jockey Craig Williams.[8] This was followed by a short layoff to recover from a minor injury[9][10] and missing the end of a spring 2019 campaign.

Gytrash resumed racing as a four-year-old after a 6-month spell in the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning. Starting at odds of 20/1, he won by 1 length in a race which included champion sprinters Redzel and Nature Strip.[11] Continuing his good Autumn form, he ran a credible 3rd in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap carrying top weight, then delivered a 2nd place behind Loving Gaby in the Group 1 William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley under lights with no spectators due to the start of the Coronavirus lockdowns in Australia.

Returning home to Adelaide for the Autumn Carnival, he defeated multiple Group 1 winning mare Sunlight in the Group 3 R. N. Irwin Stakes by over 3 lengths in the lead up to the Group 1 The Goodwood, in which he was narrowly beaten by Trekking and finished 2nd.

On 14 August 2020, Slot holders Inglis announced that Gytrash would be their contender in the 2020 edition of The Everest. Resuming training based at Warwick Farm in New South Wales, Gytrash then won first up, defeating Nature Strip in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes at Royal Randwick just outside of the track record. Remaining in Sydney, Gytrash tackled The Everest worth $AUD15 Million in the Inglis slot, on 17 October 2020, and finished in 3rd place behind Classique Legend and Bivouac, after a slow start and a strong finish. Gytrash then won over 1300m at Rosehill in the Winner's Stakes (the 2020 version named in honour of Yes Yes Yes for winning the previous years The Everest).

In the 2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Gytrash was rated on 118, making him the equal 80th best racehorse in the world.[12]

After a layoff due to an operation to remove a bone chip in a knee, Gytrash resumed racing in the 2021 The Goodwood for a fast finishing 3rd, and then travelled to Queensland to compete in the Kingsford-Smith Cup where he was badly impeded in the straight and finished 12th.

Spelling in Queensland then New South Wales, Gytrash was again selected by Inglis to compete in The Everest, and commenced his preparation in The Shorts finishing 3rd.

Race record

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2017–18 season as a two-year-old
Result Date Race Venue Group Distance Weight (kg) Jockey Winner/2nd
2-7 17 Feb 2018 Morphettville 2yo Set Weights 1100 m 53.5 A. Jordsjo 1-Double Denham 1:05.21
1-4 24 Feb 2018 Morphettville 2yo Handicap 1000 m 54.0 A. Jordsjo 2-Dancer's Kin 1:00.43
3-7 07 Apr 2018 Morphettville 2yo Handicap 1100 m 56.0 A. Jordsjo 1-Tequila Time 1:03.98
1-5 28 Jul 2018 Morphettville 2yo BM64 1050 m 57.0 A. Jordsjo 2-Carlaluisa 1:01.84
2018–19 season as a three-year-old
Result Date Race Venue Group Distance Weight (kg) Jockey Winner/2nd
2-7 08 Sep 2018 Morphettville 3yo BM64 1100 m 59.0 A. Jordsjo 1-Golden Halo 1:05.59
2-9 22 Sep 2018 Caulfield 3yo Set Weights & Penalties 1000 m 56.0 L. Nolen 1-Written By 0:57.59
3-9 20 Oct 2018 Morphettville 3yo Handicap 1200 m 57.0 A. Jordsjo 1-Schilldora 1:10.25
1-11 13 Apr 2019 Morphettville BM82 1050 m 54.0 D. Tourneur 2-Carlingford 1:00.46
1-11 27 Apr 2019 Morphettville Parks BM82 1000 m 56.0 J. Kah 2-Illumicon 0:57.47
3-13 4 May 2019 Euclase Stakes Morphettville Group 2 1200 m 57.5 D. Tourneur 1-Valour Road 1:10.04
10-16 18 May 2019 The Goodwood Morphettville Group 1 1200 m 53.0 D. Tourneur 1-Despatch 1:09.30
1-8 08 Jun 2019 Flemington 3yo Handicap 1000 m 53.0 F. Kersley 2 Halvoresen 0:58.07
1-11 22 Jun 2019 Creswick Stakes Flemington Listed 1200 m 59.0 C. Williams 2 Golden Halo 1:11.40
2019–20 season as a four year old
Result Date Race Venue Group Distance Weight (kg) Jockey Winner/2nd
2-8 31 Aug 2019 The Heath 1100 Caulfield Group 3 1100 m 56.0 C. Williams 1-Crystal Dreamer 1:03.41
1-7 15 Feb 2020 Black Caviar Lightning Flemington Group 1 1000 m 58.5 M. Zahra 2-Redzel 57.53
3-11 7 Mar 2020 Newmarket Handicap Flemington Group 1 1200 m 57.0 B. Melham 1-Bivouac 1:09.21
2-11 20 Mar 2020 William Reid Stakes Moonee Valley Group 1 1200 m 58.5 M. Zahra 1-Loving Gaby 1:09.44
1-9 18 Apr 2020 R N Irwin Stakes Morphettville Group 3 1100 m 58.5 J. Holder 2-Sunlight 1:04.31
2-14 16 May 2020 The Goodwood Morphettville Group 1 1200 m 58.5 J. Holder 1-Trekking 1:10.38
2020–21 season as a five year old
Result Date Race Venue Group Distance Weight (kg) Jockey Winner/2nd
1-6 5 Sep 2020 Concorde Stakes Randwick Group 3 1000 m 60.0 J. Collett 2- Nature Strip 0:55.81
3-12 17 Oct 2020 The Everest Randwick 1200 m 58.5 J. Collett 1- Classique Legend 1:08.27
1-9 31 Oct 2020 Yes Yes Yes Stakes Rosehill 1300 m 58.5 J. Collett 2- Haut Brion Her 1:17.85
3-11 15 May 2021 The Goodwood Morphettville Group 1 1200 m 58.5 J. Collett 1- Savatoxl 1:10.19
12-15 29 May 2021 Kingsford-Smith Cup Eagle Farm Group 1 1300 m 59.0 J. Collett 1-Vega One 1:16.91
2020–21 season as a six year old
Result Date Race Venue Group Distance Weight (kg) Jockey Winner/2nd
3-8 18 Sep 2021 The Shorts Randwick Group 2 1100 m 58.0 J. Collett 1- Eduardo 1:03.54

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Gytrash (AUS) chestnut gelding, 2015
Sire
Lope de Vega (IRE)
Shamardal (USA) Giant's Causeway (USA) Storm Cat (USA)
Mariah's Storm (USA)
Helsinki (GB) Machiavellian (USA)
Helen Street (GB)
Lady Vettori (GB) Vettori (IRE) Machiavellian (USA)
Air Distingue (USA)
Lady Golconda (FR) Kendor (FR)
Lady Sharp (FR)
Dam
Miss Barley (Aus)
Fastnet Rock (AUS) Danehill (USA) Danzig (USA)
Razyana (USA)
Piccadilly Circus (AUS) Royal Academy (USA)
Gatana (AUS)
Wheatland Lady Strawberry Road (AUS) Whiskey Road (USA)
Giftissa (NZ)
Pay the Piper (USA) Bombay Duck (USA)
Riskay Reid (USA)

References

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  1. ^ "Gytrash Horse Profile". racingaustralia.horse. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Gytrash Wins SA Horse Of The Year". racing.com. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Premier star Gytrash wins Black Caviar Lightning". inglis.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ 1st Flemington Win
  5. ^ "Thumping win for Lope de Vega's Gytrash in Creswick Stakes". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  6. ^ Creswick Stakes
  7. ^ The Heath 1100
  8. ^ Williams tips SA sprinter to be spring star
  9. ^ Gytrash Injury
  10. ^ Gytrash’s Everest ambitions up in the air
  11. ^ "Gytrash wins the Group 1 Lightning Stakes". horsebetting.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  12. ^ "The 2020 World Thoroughbred Rankings". Horseracingintfed.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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