Silver Boy outruns rivals

Press, 2 January 1979, Page 12

Silver Boy outruns rivals

From J, J. BOYLE I Auckland Enterprising riding by Bill Skelton carried Silver Boy a long way along the road to victory in the weight-for age Clifford Plate at Ellerslie pesterday. Silver Boy will now be prepared for the Wellington tup, and on the way to Trentham he might run in the Marton Cup.

I A five-year-old by Silver! Dream, Silver Boy is owned; by Mr R. R. Cheak and; ! trained at Te Rapa by Gary; > IMudgway. “ Skelton had Silver Boy in ‘ front early, eased him to the trailing position behind Our Ward then dashed clear with I ' him on the home turn. i The three-year-old Holy; i Toledo, fourth at the 600 m, j (mounted a challenge in the'

!middle of the track and for' a moment it looked like a (successful one. ! But Silver Boy resisted I courageously down against | the rails and battled to a neck victory. Holy Toledo, winner of i the Wellington Guineas in ’the spring, will be back at; Trentham for the Wellington; Derby later this month, j “That is if he is not sold in ; ■the meantime,” his part-!

■' owner, Mrs Maureen Madl!sen, said after the race. I, The Madsens are also ’[looking to the A..1.C. Derby • jin Sydney at Easter for the I big grey.' f. Kaiser, winner of the New i’Zealand Derby last week, : I went down short in his pre--11 liminary. He dropped out to .inear the tail of the field in j the early running but made (ground late for fifth.