Deliver Sets Silver Chief Time Standard

Group 1 winner Deliver set the time standard in Saturday's Silver Chief heats, striding away to score in a Best of Night 29.686 over the 525-metre journey.

The son of Fernando Bale and Veetee Saharrah began beautifully from box six, recording super splits of 5.03 and 17.66 on his way to a length and a half victory over Southern Ripple to progress to next week's semi final stage.

Pre-post Silver Chief favourite Barooga Brett was also an impressive winner, recording a new PB of 29.80 when leading from go to whoa. The son of Barcia Bale and Destini Gold pushed his prize money over the $100,000 mark with his latest win and will be looking to qualify for the fourth Group final of his career.

Anakie conditioner Jeff Britton trained a Silver Chief heat winning double after Crackerjack Skip (29.90) and He's For Me (30.03) won the first and last heats respectively. Britton and partner Angela Langton have seven greyhounds that have progressed to next Saturday's semi finals.

Other heat winners on the night included Penta Allen (30.06), Queenslander Rio Brave (30.13), Reiko Ablett (30.02) and Slingshot Hammer (29.93).

The winners and runner's up from next Saturday's semi finals will progress to the Group 1 Silver Chief final on January 5, worth $100,000 to the winner.