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| January 31, 2002 | Thursday | Ziqa’ad 16, 1422 |
Four Aces cruises to easy victory
LAHORE, Jan 30: The odds-on favourite bay mare Four Aces cruised to an easy victory in feature event of the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday.
As the starting gates sprung open, Four Aces took lead and clinched the race, without allowing anyone to overtake her. She beat the bay horse Blu’s Wendy. That horse looked to have run a calculated second being content with four lengths behind. Chestnut gelding Aao Pyar Se and roan colt Puma Star completed the frame. Only ten ran for this sixth-and last race of the day.
The programme started with the fancied Saroop Ji, partnered by riding boy A. Aziz, winning the race from bay colt Zabardust by seven lengths. Saroop Ji was backed at 70 to 100 down to 40 to 100.
In the next event, Chestnut horse Mon Soon made amends for his last outing’s defeat. He beat fancied Gold Wings, whose rider Khurrum Sheikh did not ride in accordance with his reputation.
Sent postwards at four to one, dark-bay mare Kenjaab won the third race, beating bay horse Nijinsky by about four lengths.
Fancied bay colt Beena Roy Baby stormed home to win in fourth race of the afternoon to give some respite to the punters from the two shocks in earlier races.
The fifth race was won by the long-shot Russian Pet in a race in which no other rider looked interested to contest even for the second spot.
The riding boy Qamar Zaman stole lime-light of the day by bringing home a brace of winners through Mon Soon and Kenjaab in the second and third events, respectively and the both at attractive odds. Three favourites obliged the punters in a card of six events.
Following are the results:
MOHLANWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VI & VII 6 FURS:
Saroop Ji (M. I. Bostan) 7-10 A. Aziz 1. Zabardust 8-7 Tehseen Hussain 2. Royal Stake 7-10 Azhar Hussain 3. Jonty Road 8-4 Majid Khan 4. (All 17 ran).
Won by 7 L, 4 1/2 L, 2 L.
Time one minute 21 seconds.
Winner trained by the owner.
MOHLANWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION IV & V 6 FURS:
Mon Soon (Malik Hamid Ali Noon) 8-11 Qamar Zaman 1. Golden
Wings 9-0 Khurrum Sheikh 2. Bold Champion 8-4 Nazir Ahmad 3, Mohni Road 8-1 Kamran 4. (All 14 ran).
Won by 3 L, 3/4 L, 3/4 L.
Time one minute 20 seconds.
Winner trained by Haji Fazal Hadi.
MOHLANWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VIII (B) 6 FURS:
Kenjaab (Shahbaz Ahmad) 7-10 Qamar Zaman 1. Nijinsky 7-12 M. Hussain 2. Blue Champion 7-11 Azam Hussain 3. Sweet Grandy 7-10 A. Aziz 4. (All 15 ran).
Won by 4 3/4 L, 7 L, 1 1/4 L.
Time one minute 21 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.
MOHLANWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VIII (A) 6 FURS:
Beena Roy Baby (Riaz-ul-Haq Qureshi) 8-7 Zulfiqar Hussain 2. Chota Tipu 9-0 Kamran Hussain 3. Always Inn 8-7 A. Aziz 4. (Only 13 ran).
Won by 7 1/2 L, 1 L, 2 1/2 L.
Time one-minute 21 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
MOHLANWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION V & VI 6 FURS:
Russian Pet (Mohammad Afzal) 8-7 Majid Khan 1. Keep In Step 8-7 Tehseen Hussain 2. Rehmat Ka Phool 8-7 M. Imran 3. Fiftysix Fiftysix 8-9 Zulfiqar Hussain 4. (All 14 ran).
Won by Distance, 2 1/4 L, 1/2 L.
Time one minute one minute 22 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by the owner.
MOHLANWAL PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION III & IV 6 FURS:
Four Aces (Khalid Irfan & Omar Zaheer) 7-10 Javed Iqbal 1. Blu’s Wendy 7-11 Mubarik Ali 2. Aao Payar Se 8-2 Iqbal Khan 3. Puma Star 7-11 M. Jehangir 4. (Only 10 ran).
Won by 2 3/4 L, 8 L, 4 1/2 L.
Time one minute 17 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Tanveer Aslam.
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