Grey Way most popular of Riccarton winners

Press, 9 November 1978, Page 22

Grey Way most popular of Riccarton winners

By J

J. J. BOYLE

Grey Way, with a lengthening of stride that distinguishes the class horse

iiiiguiMica uic iiuisc from the good one. stormed to the forty-second win of his famous career at Riccarton yesterday. He gave Raspadora a start of something like three lengths 250 m out in the Members' Handicap, but caught that North Island three-year-old with a longstriding burst of speed and won running away by a length. Grey Way is eight, but

acting young and he never gave his apprentice rider,! Alex (Snooky) Cowan, a mo-! meat’s worry yesterday. ■“I saw Bill Skelton kicking up on Raspadora at the top of the straight, and 1 hadn't moved on my fellow. I could also see there was nothing behind me going good enough to trouble us, so I was always happy.” This was Young Cowman s second win on Grey Way. The combination will be broken next Saturday when Mr Peter South’s famous grev goes for the Churchill ' Stakes. I

Bob skelton is coming, 'south for New Zealand Cup! 'day to ride ''eidsieck in thei i Cup and Grey Way in the' Stakes, and the combination will be continued when the; Grey William gelding at-i tempts his third Levin Cup victory. “A nice old fellow.” Grey Way’s Washdyke trainer Pat. Corboy remarked as his apprentice brought Grey Way; back to scale. Corboy feels Grey Way is: ' carrying his years lightly ■ enough to add more chapters; Ito a famous record. I “He feels a bit stiff when;

you jump on him and he 'walks the first hundred 'yards or so in the morning,, (but otherwise he feels like the horse he was when he I was young,” Corboy said; [yesterday. Regina Caeli closed with a ‘rush from far back in the; field and missed second by only a head behind Rasp-, adora. ■ Tudor Quest, the third, (favourite, was another head] back fourth and Salvaro. ‘ j unable to find acceleration, (close to home from a good! ;position, finished fifth.