The relief was there for all to see as Jamie Richards celebrated a 220-1 double at Sha Tin on Wednesday night following what he admits has been a “testing time”.

The haul was Richards’ first brace since March 6 and eased the pressure after a period that saw him go winless in April and at one point send out 79 runners without a success.

After landing his second double this season at a Sha Tin all-weather meeting thanks to the victories of Asian One and G Liner, the New Zealander is hopeful of greener pastures ahead.

“It’s a bit of a relief, for sure. I’m just glad to train winners,” Richards said after moving to 28 victories for the campaign.

“The team have been working hard. We haven’t had the results we would have liked but hopefully we can build a bit of momentum into the end of the season.”

After Asian One sliced through traffic in the straight under Andrea Atzeni to snare the Class Five Shui Chuen O Handicap (1,650m) at $12.3, G Liner posted his third win of the season after being sent off at $17.95 for the Class Four Lee On Handicap (1,800m).

Promoted to the field on Tuesday after the scratching of Fast Victory, G Liner sat outside leader Lucky Banner under Hugh Bowman before proving too strong in the run to the line.

“It all worked out well from [gate 10], it was a little bit sticky into the first corner but then he was able to get a nice run from there,” Richards said.

“Hugh gave him a lovely ride. Everyone saw how unlucky he was last start but he’s really found a home on the all-weather and he continues to race well.”

Bowman enjoyed a double of his own after also saluting aboard Daily Trophy in the Class Five Mei Lam Handicap (1,200m), while Zac Purton (Self Improvement and Victory Moments) and Brenton Avdulla (Must Go and Berlin Tango) also landed braces.

Earlier, Ricky Yiu Poon-fai took out the evening’s Class Two with Adefill to reach 50 winners for the third straight season.

Yiu sits nine victories off premiership leaders Pierre Ng Pang-chi and Francis Lui Kin-wai but confirmed he’s more focused on maintaining his grip on third place than making a push for his second title.

“I’m just trying to stay in the first three in the premiership, that’s what I’m aiming for. It would be very difficult to win. Francis is doing really well. His horses can win and then still win again, especially his youngsters,” said Yiu, who sits three wins clear of the fourth-placed Tony Cruz.

Adefill tasted success at Class Two level for the first time, proving far too strong late in the Chun Shek Handicap (1,650m).

While the son of Deep Field sat last of five in a race run at a pedestrian pace, it mattered little as the five-year-old responded willingly to the urgings of Karis Teetan 600m from home and rattled past his rivals in the straight.

“Before the race, I said he was half a class better on the dirt, but he’s gone to another level – now he’s one class better on the dirt,” Yiu said of Adefill.

“It’s going to be hard to find a race for him – this is the last possible race on the dirt for this horse for the season. But he’s doing well. He’s a real expert and he won in comfortable style.”

Adefill’s length-and-a-quarter success over Yellowfin was his sixth victory at start 21, with four of those triumphs coming under Teetan.

“He always hits a flat spot at around the 600m mark, so you have to get him going and this is the point where he can win or lose his races,” Teetan said after his 73rd success of the campaign.

“I know him. I switched him off throughout the first part of the race and tracked the right horse.

“Yellowfin slipped away a few lengths when he went, but I wasn’t worried because [Adefill] takes time to get going and once I asked him in the straight, he won pretty nicely towards the end.”