2016 was greyhound racing’s year of the hobby trainer, and 2017 kicked off in much the same fashion with Lightning Frank ($3.60) landing Mathew Wright his first Group 1 winner in tonight’s Silver Chief (525m) at The Meadows.
Wright is a fencing contractor who trains a small team of six greyhounds at Allansford, just five minutes from Warrnambool. He watched on in disbelief as Lightning Frank stormed home to snare the $100,000 first prize, much to the delight of his region of owners, the Hashtag Syndicate, who celebrated long into the night.
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Source:: http://www.grv.org.au/news/2017/01/08/silver-chief-wright-glad-wrong/
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