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Persian Road Takes Royal George in Whitney Silks SilksSpecial Special to Daily Racing Form KEMPTON PARK Surrey England May 9 Reuters John Hay Whit ¬ neys threeyearold chestnut colt Persian Road who is entered in the Epsom Derby won the Royal George Stakes worth 1559 over 11 furlongs here today Ridden by the veteran Tommy Gosling Persian Road an 8 to1 chance was always among the first four The colt put in astrong Challenge the last 100 yards to win in g me style by a half length from the evenmoney favorite Cutter with Thawed six lengths away in third place Eighteen ran ranTrained Trained by A Tree at Beckhampton in Berkshire Persian Road is by Per ¬ sian Gulf out of One for the Road This win provide the trainer with his first success of the season and the first winning horse he has trained for Whitney
