AUSTRALIAN RACING
Silver Kingdom Wins At Brisbane (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) BRISBANE, Aug. 21. The six-year-old Silver Kingdom (Silver King in New Zealand) today won the £2250 Exhibition Handicap of one mile and a quarter for his ownertrainer, David McDonald. Lancaster was hopelessly left and failed badly. The jockey, Neville Sellwood, gave Silver Kingdom the run of the race. Mr McDonald hag rejected offers as high as 6000 guineas for the horse, 4 which he said would probably run in both the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups. Result: — EXHIBITION HANDICAP. Of £2250. One mile and a quarter. SILVER KINGDOM 8-1 N. Sellwood 1 Sir Canning 7-4 .. W. Galletly 2 River Cam 7-8 .. R. Maddock > One length and a half; threequarters of a length. Time, 2min 82sec. Betting: 3 to 1, 33 to 1, 7 to 1.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27426, 12 August 1954, Page 12
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