March 13, 2002	Wednesday	Zilhaj 28, 1422

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LAHORE, March 12: A six-event card comprising moderate field has been drawn for the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races to be held at the Racecourse Wednesday.

All races will be contested over the sprinting distance of six furlongs, the first to start at 12 noon.

The events consist runners belonging to the lower divisions of class VII, from division IV down to the bottom division VIII.

The feature event, the Minchin Abad Plate, class VII division IV & V combined race has only 13 runners, barring last minute withdrawals. Of them, three come into reckoning. They are: three-year-old bay colt Incognito, four-year-old bay filly Royal Strength and bay mare Turn On.

Incognito, a colt from Rambo out-of-Steffy Graph will be bidding to complete a hat trick of victories while Royal Strength (Al trui-Crepscule) has a facile victory to her credit and will be striding all out to make it two in-a-row.

Turn On has come down in the handicap considerably without showing any form yet.

If all on job, they would provide thrills and shrills to race-fans. Normally the feature event is either the last or last but one race. But this time it will be the second race of the day’s programme.

On the whole, the card looks competitive and mixture of form and out-of-form animals in which winner picking may prove difficult task for the backers.

Following are the fields and our selections:

MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VI & VII 6 FURS:

Bach View 9-4 New Cannon 9-4 Little Master 9-3 Dangerous Man 9-3 Copper Fields 9-0 New Valley 9-0 Dillagi 8-12 Flying Legs 8-9 Morning Bird 8-9 Lucky Lass 8-7 Rococo 8-7 Mary Star 8-5 Royal Beauty 8-4 Rocket Fuel 8-4 Seven Spades 8-4 Fiji 8-4 Unite Love 8-1.

Win: Bach View. Place: Fiji or Lucky Lass. Upset: Little Master.

THE MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION IV AND V 6 FURS:

Mon Soon 9-4 Incognito 9-1 Royal Prosper 9-0 K-2 9-0 Golden Wings 8-8 Turn On 8-8 Rukhsh 8-7 Blu’s Eye 8-3 Fair Boy 8-2 Royal Strength 7-10 Thunder Bird 7-10 Beena Roy Baby 7-10 Zargar 7-10.

Win: Incognito. Place: Turn On or Fair Boy. Upset: Royal Strength.

MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VII & VIII 6 FURS:

Densee 9-4 Tiger’s Wood 9-2 Subzero 8-12 Super Time 8-10 Faizan the Great 8-6 Thank You Dear 8-6 River Wild 8-5 Mohsin Prince 8-2 Mehrab 8-1 Majestic Prince 8-1 Papa Jan 7-13 Always In 7-11 Silver Sweet 7-10 Kenjaab 7-10 Last Love 7-10 One Touch 7-10 Hamza Love 7-10.

Win: Tiger’s Wood. Place: Mehrab or Densee. Upset: Papa Jan.

MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VIII (B) 6 FURS:

Silver Baby 9-5 Definite 9-4 Dunlop 9-3 Nijinsky 9-2 Golden Time 8-10 Free Lancer 8-9 Courtesan 8-6 D-Star 8-4 Garden Court 8-3 Big Star 8-1 Noor Bakht 7-13 Talk Of The Town 7-10 Silent Fire 7-10 Power Star 7-10 See You Then 7-10.

Win: Nijinsky. Place: Free Lancer or Dunlop. Upset: Golden Time.

MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VI & V 6 FURS:

Salman Love 9-0 Loveliest 8-12 Ujala 8-12 Keep In Step 8-12 Royal Bullet 8-12 Thank You Boss 8-12 Visit Again 8-10 Capricorn 8-10 Boby Prince 8-10 Sun Of Gold 8-10 Rim Jim 8-10 Salman The Great 8-10 Prince Of Peace 8-9 Super End 8-5 Hot Press 8-5.

Win: Loveliest. Place: Salman Love or Thank You Boss. Upset: Rim Jim.

MINCHIN ABAD PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION V (A) 6 FURS:

Iram State 9-0 Divine Force 8-13 Crysler 8-13 Gold Hi Gold 8-11 Mahnoor 8-11 Abr-e-Bahar 8-10 Cherry’s Own 8-7 Sky Man 8-7 Leading Star 8-3 Royal Gamble 8-3 Shot Fire 8-2 Lucky Bailiff 7-13 My Shelter 7-12 Chungez 7-11 Lucky Grace 7-11 Love Faisal 7-11 Rehmat Ka Phool 7-11.

Win: Royal Gamble. Place: Iram State or Lucky Bailiff. Upset: Gold Hi Gold.