Six In A Row For The Bullet

By Jeff Collerson
Yeager Bullet remains the king of Gosford's short course speedsters after notching his sixth consecutive 388m win there on Tuesday night.

The Les Chaytor-trained flying machine won in 22.22, after five straight 388m wins in 22.26, 21.93, 21.83, 22.15 and 22.12. 

And while Yeager Bullet has become almost unbeatable at Gosford, Chayton has no regrets about by-passing the rich Wentworth Park Christmas Dash heats on December 7.

"It would have been a waste of time taking him there because Yeager Bullet is a slow beginner and a wide runner and would have been last approaching the first turn,'' Chaytor said.

"He would have had no hope of winning that shorter 280m Wentworth Park race with habits like that.''

Chaytor, 75, made a comeback to training four years ago after having a "spell" of more than four decades.

"Like a lot of young blokes I gave the greyhounds away when I got married and started to raise a family,'' Chaytor said.

"Then our daughter became a pretty good swimmer so I started going to swimming races instead of dog races.

"But a few years back I realised I was spending my life watching Foxtel all day so decided to get back into the greyhounds.

"I only have two in work, Yeager Bullet and a dog named Sammy's Turn.

"When I slip them along the beach Sammy's Turn can always outpace Yeager Bullet but while Yeager Bullet is a terrific chaser, Sammy's Turn is a work in progress because he doesn't always have his mind on the job.

"Sammy's Turn has won seven races to Yeager Bullet's 16 but while Sammy's Turn is a not a good race dog Yeager Bullet is a maniac chaser.

"Yeager Bullet is so tenacious it takes him two days to get over a race.

"That's because he stands up in the car all the way to the track, then barks all night, usually knocks his water over, goes out and competes, and then stands up again all the way home.

"I tried using a compression suit on him but he went crazy when it was fitted, spinning around and around until I took it off.

"Yeager Bullet turns four in February so I'm looking forward to having some fun with him in Masters races next year.''

Wyndra All Class, who has won her past five Wentworth Park 520m races, has been sidelined with wrist soreness but is back on track for the January 13 heats of the group 1 Ladbrokes National Futurity at headquarters.

Trainer Daniel Gatt said: "After her last Wenty win on November 26 Wyndra All Class had a sore wrist so I eased her up for a while to get that fixed.

"But on Tuesday she had her first trial since the injury was mended and absolutely flew up the straight.''

The Futurity is for bitches whelped on or after October 1, 2020, and with Wyndra All Class a November whelping she will be among the oldest and most experienced of the classic contenders.

Interestingly, when she won at Wentworth Park in October, Wyndra All Class covered the 520m in 29.67, far quicker than the Futurity race record which was set by Victorian champion Striker Light when she won the 2017 final in 29.74.