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Relentless Richards extends hot spell with returning Isaacstown Lad
Isaacstown Lad: returns from a six-month break to land the featureCredit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)
Isaacstown Lad advertised the flying form of trainer Nicky Richards when successfully returning from a six-month break in the £20,000 Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle.
Richards has been firing in winners in the north and the 11-year-old gelding became the trainer's eighth victory this month.
"He's a great old pro who has still got that sparkle and Greystoke is a great place for the old-timers like him," said the trainer.
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