{"id":2066,"date":"2022-07-05T13:09:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T13:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2022-07-05T13:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T13:15:29","slug":"shartash-strikes-in-gain-railway-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/shartash-strikes-in-gain-railway-stakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Shartash Strikes in GAIN Railway Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was a very exciting rendition of the GAIN Railway Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday, 25<sup>th<\/sup> June. Five top quality two year olds went to post for the 171<sup>st<\/sup> running of the race with Shartash getting the better of the 5-6 favourite Blackbeard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blackbeard was a convincing winner of both the GAIN First Flier and GAIN Marble Hill races earlier in the season and was deemed a clear favourite on the morning of the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Johnny Murtagh trained Shartash, who went off at 9-1 fought hard under the instruction of Ben Coen to cross the line beating out the favourite by a short head to be crowned this year\u2019s winner of the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owned and bred by His Highness the Aga Khan, Shartash is by Invincible Spirit out of a Dubawi Mare. The two year old colt was 3<sup>rd<\/sup> on his debut at The Curragh in April and improved on this to win his next outing in Naas prior to moving up to the Group 2 contest for the GAIN Railway Stakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of winning the race, Shartash is now entitled to a free entry into the Group 1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes, which will take place on Saturday, 6<sup>th<\/sup> August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2082\" width=\"1280\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-878x656.jpg 878w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-666x498.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-360x269.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-748x559.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-566x423.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-448x335.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-618x462.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-466x348.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-358x268.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-254x190.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-165x123.jpg 165w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-224x167.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-450x336.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-72x54.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-88x66.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-76x57.jpg 76w, https:\/\/www.gainanimalnutrition.com\/equine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/250622_SHARTASH7-edited-320x239.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><figcaption>Curragh Sat 25 June 2022\nShartash ridden by Ben Coen, far side, getting up to win The Gain Railway Stakes from Blackbeard ridden by Ryan Moore, 2nd.\nPhoto.carolinenorris.ie<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a very exciting rendition of the GAIN Railway Stakes at the Curragh on Saturday, 25th June. 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