Gytrash (horse)

Gytrash (foaled 28 August 2015) is an Australian Group 1 Thoroughbred racehorse 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.

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
Record22: 10–6–5
EarningsA$ 3,199,050 + 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]

Background

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

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 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, 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]

Race record

2017–18 season as a two-year-old
ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd
2-717 Feb 2018Morphettville2yo Set Weights1100 m53.5A. Jordsjo1-Double Denham 1:05.21
1-424 Feb 2018Morphettville2yo Handicap1000 m54.0A. Jordsjo2-Dancer's Kin 1:00.43
3-707 Apr 2018Morphettville2yo Handicap1100 m56.0A. Jordsjo1-Tequila Time 1:03.98
1-528 Jul 2018Morphettville2yo BM641050 m57.0A. Jordsjo2-Carlaluisa 1:01.84
2018–19 season as a three-year-old
ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd
2-708 Sep 2018Morphettville3yo BM641100 m59.0A. Jordsjo1-Golden Halo 1:05.59
2-922 Sep 2018Caulfield3yo Set Weights & Penalties1000 m56.0L. Nolen1-Written By 0:57.59
3-920 Oct 2018Morphettville3yo Handicap1200 m57.0A. Jordsjo1-Schilldora 1:10.25
1-1113 Apr 2019MorphettvilleBM821050 m54.0D. Tourneur2-Carlingford 1:00.46
1-1127 Apr 2019Morphettville ParksBM821000 m56.0J. Kah2-Illumicon 0:57.47
3-134 May 2019Euclase StakesMorphettvilleGroup 21200 m57.5D. Tourneur1-Valour Road 1:10.04
10-1618 May 2019The GoodwoodMorphettvilleGroup 11200 m53.0D. Tourneur1-Despatch 1:09.30
1-808 Jun 2019Flemington3yo Handicap1000 m53.0F. Kersley2 Halvoresen 0:58.07
1-1122 Jun 2019Creswick StakesFlemingtonListed1200 m59.0C. Williams2 Golden Halo 1:11.40
2019–20 season as a four year old
ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd
2-831 Aug 2019The Heath 1100CaulfieldGroup 31100 m56.0C. Williams1-Crystal Dreamer 1:03.41
1-715 Feb 2020Black Caviar LightningFlemingtonGroup 11000 m58.5M. Zahra2-Redzel 57.53
3-117 Mar 2020Newmarket HandicapFlemingtonGroup 11200 m57.0B. Melham1-Bivouac 1:09.21
2-1120 Mar 2020William Reid StakesMoonee ValleyGroup 11200 m58.5M. Zahra1-Loving Gaby 1:09.44
1-918 Apr 2020R N Irwin StakesMorphettvilleGroup 31100 m58.5J. Holder2-Sunlight 1:04.31
2-1416 May 2020The GoodwoodMorphettvilleGroup 11200 m58.5J. Holder1-Trekking 1:10.38
2020–21 season as a five year old
ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd
1-65 Sep 2020Concorde StakesRandwickGroup 31000 m60.0J. Collett2- Nature Strip 0:55.81
3-1217 Oct 2020The EverestRandwick1200 m58.5J. Collett1- Classique Legend 1:08.27
1-931 Oct 2020Yes Yes Yes StakesRosehill1300 m58.5J. Collett2- Haut Brion Her 1:17.85

Pedigree

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

  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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