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LAHORE, Jan 4: The New Year Cup, featuring the 13th Lahore Winter Meeting card of six events, is expected to be a contest at the Racecourse on Saturday between two chestnut fillies, Sound Of Music and Flame. The race will be run over five furlongs.
The meeting scheduled for Sunday has been brought forward by a day because the Quaid-i-Azam Gold cup is being held at the Karachi Racecourse on Sunday.
Out of the nine acceptors Sound Of Music and Flame, are in with big claims. A progeny of Biennial-out-of-Deeba, the filly Sound Of Music has staked her claim after a facile win in the term race for two-year-olds run over the identical distance on Oct 28 last.
Similarly, daughter of Prince’s Leap-out-of-Passenger, the filly Flame had registered a fluent victory on Nov 11 last year.
The events of three-year-olds stimulate a lot of interest.
The race-goers enjoy seeing an honest sort of colt or filly winning and appreciate the standard of the new crop of animals out of whom future champions are expected to emerge.
The main supporting event, the Mian Channu Plate, a class V handicap race to be contested over seven furlongs, has eleven acceptors.
Out of them the bay mare Fanim stands out, if anyone keeps an eye on her performance last Sunday.
She has been improving with each run and is in fine fettle. She should prove her class and pick up the spoils again.
The first race will start at 12 pm.
SIBI PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION I, II & III 7 FURS:
Grandy Pinz 9-11 Love Moon 9-7 Voodoo Dancer 9-6 Tuba 9-5 Silver Charm 9-2 Silk Route 8-6 Cobra 8-0 Royal Soul 7-10 Seendak 7-10 Storm Bird 7-10 Golden Road 7-10 Faheem Choice 7-10.
Win: Cobra. Place: Storm Bird or Royal Soul. Upset: Silk Route.
SIBI PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION IV & V 6 FURS:
Code Of Honour 9-0 Time To Lead 8-9 K-2 8-9 Flying Fury 8-9 Mahnoor 8-6. (The race is subject to the approval of the Lahore Race Club stewards).
Win: Flying Fury. Place: Time To Lead.
MIAN CHANNU PLATE CLASS V 7 FURS:
Great Grandy 10-4 Sarfrosh 9-9 One Man Show 9-7 Half Love 9-6 Fanim 9-3 Run Way Lady 8-13 Millennium Count 8-1 Better Case 7-12 Lake District 7-12 Crown Maker 7-10 Saughat 7-10.
(The owner of Sarfrosh has appealed against wrong handicapping of the colt which is to be decided by LRC stewards).
Win: Fanim. Place: Half Love & Run Way Lady.
New Year Cup. A term race for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. 5 Furs:
Flame 8-5 Sound Of Music 8-5 Chief Executive 7-12 Royal Bullet 7-9 Daring Eagle 7-9 Red Storm 7-9 Democracy 7-9 Lady Handsome 7-9 Thunder Bird 7-9.
Win: Sound Of Music. Place: Flame. Upset: Watch connections.
SIBI PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION V 6 FURS:
The Royal Runner 9-0 Asif Love 8-11 Blu’s Eye 8-11 Altrui Princess 8-9 Miss Chief 8-8 Afnan 8-1 Senna 8-0 Pistol Pete 7-12 Divine Force 7-10 Rukhsh 7-10 Keep In Steps, Aao Payar Se 7-10 Ghabra 7-10 Dangerous Man 7-10 Dhandhana 7-10.
Win: Asif Love. Place: Afnan or Senna. Upset: Ghabra.
SIBI PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VI 6 FURS:
Nasima Jan 9-0 Rambo Princess 9-0 Royal Beauty 9-0 Rocket Fuel 9-0 River Wild 8-11 Russian Pet 8-7 Easy To Listen 8-6 Seven Spades 8-4 Oneeza 8-4 Subzero 7-12 Royal Stake 7-10.
Win: Easy To Listen. Place: Seven Spades or Subzero. Upset: Russian Pet.
(The Noor-ud-Din Muhammad Jehangir Cup, The Khyber Cup and The Sialkot Plate, a term race for three-year-old half-bred colts & fillies, have been declared void due to paucity of runners).
