September 03 , 2007
Silver Strip Easily Wins Puss N Boots Cup

Silver Strip wins the Puss N Boots Cup.

FORT ERIE, September 3…Silver Strip had everything his own way and turned back all rivals scoring a 1 ¾ length victory in this afternoons Puss n Boots Cup at Fort Erie.

With a confident David Piques in the saddle, the six-year-old son of Comic Strip set off the early pace and made a solid run into the final turn, passing the leaders before drawing clear for the win.

“We new we had the best horse going in,” said Piques. “All I had to do was stay out of trouble.”

The win was the fourth in a row for the Brian Ross trained runner. He won back to back races on the Fort Erie turf in July and scored an impressive win in an allowance race on the grass at Woodbine prior to today’s win.

Silver Strip, who is owned by Reno DiSalvo, covered 1 1/16 miles on the turf in 1:45 3/5.

Earlier in the day, Fort Erie’s leading rider Robbie King Jr. guided Ladyinblue to a 2 length victory in the Labatt Cup.

“She was aggressive but I was able to sit in behind the leader,” said King. “She dragged me to the front on the final turn and we opened up. She was coming off two good races and today’s distance is right up her alley.”

Ladyinblue, owned by Dixieland Stable and trained by John Simms, ran the 1 1/16 miles on the turf in 1:45 4/5.

The win was the first in five tries at Fort Erie this year. Ladyinblue was three for three over the winter at Tampa bay Downs.

Ladyinblue winner of the Labbat Cup.

Daryl Wells
Media and Communications
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e-mail: dwells@forterieracetrack.ca