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| December 31, 2001 | Monday | Shawwal 15, 1422 |
Fanim strides to victory
LAHORE, Dec 30: The bay mare Fanim, ridden flawlessly by the riding boy Faisal, strode to an easy win in supporting event of the 12th Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.
Backed at 40 to 100 on, the five-year-old Fanim (Fan Tan- Imative) defeated the bay horse Half Love by five clear lengths in this fourth event of the day, a class V & IV combined handicap race run over a mile.
Despite carrying a heavy impost of 10 stone 3 lbs, the chestnut horse Great Grandy fought well to finish third, another seven-and-a-three quarters of a length back while the chestnut colt Good Justice completed the frame, two-and-a-half lengths further behind. In all, ten ran in this race.
Midway through the mile race, Fanim was running at third spot but as soon as heads turned for the straight, the riding boy Faisal prompted her into action and she responded quickly, flashing past the front-runners. Later, she lengthened away to win by a good margin of five lengths.
Fanim clocked one minute 40 3/5 seconds over a mile in an easy victory.
The neglected bay colt Sarfrosh, in a fine front-running display, outpaced his six rivals to clinch feature event, the Christmas Cup run over seven furlongs.
Partnered by jockey Azeem Pervaiz, Sarfrosh (Hataf-Lady Sara) beat stablemate, the bay filly Cisco Magic (Cisco Well-Con Them All), by three-quarter of a length in a thrilling finish. The dark-bay filly Storm Bird (Dexter-Neptune Dancer) finished third, two-and-half lengths further behind while another bay filly Royal Soul (Al Trui-Annabelle) completed the board. Jockey Shahid Rehman,
partnering Cisco Magic, did his best to catch the front-runner Sarfrosh but jockey Azeem Pervaiz on Sarfrosh never let him come close. He kept Sarfrosh ahead until he passed the finishing post. The winner clocked one minute 28 1/5 seconds over seven furlongs.
Surprisingly, the former hockey Olympian Munir Dar, owner of both Sarfrosh and Cisco Magic, had fancied the latter to win but the result of the race came out opposite to his selection!
The rank-outsider colt Silver Charm sprang the biggest upset of the day by winning the opener with the riding boy Azhar Hussain in the saddle. In the
same event, the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards were not satisfied with handling of the riding boy Nadeem Ikram of the favourite Popeye Well.
Popeye Well finished fourth. Not being satisfied with Nadeem’s explanation, they suspended him from races for one month.
The chestnut mare Darling Of The Royalty was the most outstanding performer of the day in the sixth and last event of the afternoon. Jockey Wajid Hussain, who rode the mare just sat still only guiding her on the right course and won the event by eleven lengths. Thus she became darling of the race-goers.
The following are the results:
The Rohri Plate , Class VII Division I, II & III 6 Furs:
Silver Charm (M. Shafiq Sadiq) 7-10 Azhar Hussain 1. Cobra 7-10 Mubarik Ali 2. Martial Law 7-10 M. Jehangir 3. Popeye Well 7-10 Nadeem Ikram 4. (All 15 ran).
Won by 6 1/2 L, Neck, Neck.
Time one minute 43 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Memraiz Khan.
The Kotri Plate Class VII VI & VII 6 Furs:
Aao Payar Se (Humayun Iqbal) 9-0 Iqbal Khan 1. Deep River 8-7 M. A. Shamas 2.Zabardust 8-13 Shehzad Iqbal 3. Royal Stake 8-11 Wajid Hussain 4. (All 15 ran).
Won by 4 1/2 L, 1 1/4 L, Distance.
Time one minute 17 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.
The Christmas Cup. A term race for three-year-old colts and fillies. 7 Furs:
Sarfrosh (Munir Ahmad Dar) 9-0 Azeem Pervaiz 1. Cisco Magic 8-4 Shahid Rehman 2. Storm Bird 7-11 M. Hussain 3. Royal Soul 8-4 Wajid Hussain 4. (All seven ran).
Won by 3/4 L, 2 3/4 L, 3 3/4 L.
Time one minute 28 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Choudhry Zahid Rashid.
The Lodhran Plate, Class V & IV One Mile:
Fanim (Syed Pervaiz Hussain Shah) 8-3 Faisal 1. Half Love 9-4 Khurrum Sheikh 2. Great Grandy 10-3 Kamran 3. Good Justice 7-10 Salah-ud-Din (II) 4. (Only ten ran).
Won by 5 L, 7 1/2 L, 2 1/2 L.
Time one minute 40 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.
The Rohri Plate Class VII Division V & VI 6 Furs:
Darling Of The Royalty (Makhdoomzada Hassan Raza) 9-0 Wajid Hussain 1. Mon Soon 9-4 Faisal 2. Easy To Listen 7-10 Kamran Hussain 3. Russian Pet 7-10 Iqbal Khan 4. (All 14 ran).
Won by Distance, 4 3/5 L, 7 L.
Time one minute 14 2/5 seconds.
The Rohri Plate Class VII Division III & IV 6 Furs:
Faheem Choice (Mohammad Naeem Saleem) 8-2 M. Faisal 1. Burfi 7-12 Kamran Hussain 2. Komila 8-9 Mujahid Ali (II) 3. Roberto Bay 9-0 Shehzad Iqbal 4. (Only 13 ran).
Won by 5 1/2 L, 2 1/2 L, 8 L.
Time one minute 16 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Hanif.
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