Shall Not dominates in the National Straight Track Championship Heat 1 at Richmond
Shall Not took out the first of the heats for the Group 3 National Straight Track Championship at Richmond on Sunday.
The Darren Sultana-trained dog was sent out race favourite in the New South Wales heat at $1.09 with online greyhound bookmaker sites.
Jumping from the inside box, he stormed down the 324m straight to prove his reputation as the best straight tracker in the state.
He won by three and a half lengths in front of Fernando Rocker ($19) and Rocky Reef ($6.50), in a best of the night time of 17.40.
NSW National Straight Track Championship Heat 1 | Richmond Straight 05/08/23 | Shall Not (1st) | T: 17.40
The win made it three straight for Shall Not and has a record of 14 wins from 15 starts down the Richmond straight.
The Barcia Bale x Hillary dog has 31 wins and 10 placings from 48 starts and has banked $89,810.
In the other heat, Oscar Moses served up a dominant display to run down the leader in Slingshot Rusty to take the win.
The Jason Magri-trained chaser lined up as $2.40 favourite to stamp his ticket into the final.
He ran on to win by two lengths in front of Aston Ulysses ($6) and Weffalee Shield ($6), in a time of 17.54.
NSW National Straight Track Championship Heat 2 | Richmond Straight 05/08/23 | Oscar Moses (1st) | T: 17.54
The Barcia Bale x My Lady Day dog has 11 wins and eight placings from 22 starts and has banked $28,845 in prize money for connections.
The NSW National Straight Track Championship Final will be held on August 12 with the National Grand Final to be run on August 26 at Healesville worth $28,000-to-the-winner.