Sousa steals show on Handsome

Brazilian apprentice Silvestre de Sousa stole the limelight when he booted Handsome Cross home a narrow winner of the GNER Scottish Cup at Musselburgh.

Sat, 10 Jun, 2006 - 18:13

Brazilian apprentice Silvestre de Sousa stole the limelight when he booted Handsome Cross home a narrow winner of the GNER Scottish Cup at Musselburgh.

The 25-year-old came to Britain last year to ride for ’sprint king’ David Nicholls and the move clearly proved worthwhile as he enjoyed his biggest success in the afternoon’s feature event.

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