0
LAHORE, April 14: The long shot bay mare Perfect Timing put up a much improved performance and won the feature event of the Lahore Winter Meeting run over seven furlongs at the Racecourse Sunday.
With Nazir Ahmad astride, Perfect Timing resisted the late challenge of on-rushing roan gelding Millennium Count and beat him by one-and-a-half lengths. Think tank came in third.
Perfect Timing clocked one minute 26 1/5 seconds over the distance. She is trained by Abdur Rahim.
A race earlier, the grey gelding Martial Law stormed home to win the supporting event beating Better Case in the race run over seven furlongs with chestnut filly Flame finishing third.
Martial law’s victory can be attributed to jockey Shahid Rehman, who rode the gelding superbly. Shahid had earlier brought in a brace of winners winning the second race on Value Of Life and on Golden Road in the third race.
The Lahore Race Club (LRC) took serious action against some faltering riders during Sunday’s races. Jockey Shehzad Iqbal was warned off the track for two months for mishandling Credit Queen. Salah-ud-Din (II) was also barred for two months for his unsatisfactory riding on the fancied mare Arooj. The LRC claims that such vigilance will improve the standard of racing in Lahore.
The following are the results:
HAVELIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION V & VI 6 FURS:
Divine Force (Amjad Ali II) 8-8 Majid Khan 1. Loveliest 8-1 Zulfi 2. Time To Lead 8-11 Javed Iqbal 3. Rocket Fuel 8-3 Khalil Vicky 4. (All 12 ran).
Won by 1 1/2 L, 7 L, Distance.
Time one minute 16 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by the owner.
HAVELIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION IV & V 6 FURS:
Value Of Life (Choudhry Zahid Javaid) 8-7 Shahid Rehman 1. Special Dream 7-10 A. Aziz 2. Wing Commander 8-2 Waqas Sheikh 3. Naseeb-o-Lal 7-112 Shehzad Ahmad 4. (All 11 ran).
Won by 4 L, 4 1/4 L, 2 3/4 L.
Time one minute 15 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mian Javaid.
HAVELIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION III & IV 6 FURS:
Golden Road (Osman Ghani) 8-13 Shahid Rehman 1. Aao Payar Se 8-4 Mujahid Ali (II) 2. Silver Heart 8-0 Zulfi 3. Oneeza 8-8 Kamran 4. (All 11 ran).
Won by 3 L, 1 1/2 L, 1 1/4 L.
Time one minute 14 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mian Mohammed Riaz.
HAVELIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION II & III 6 FURS:
The New Champion (M. Atiq) 9-2 Kamran 1. Storm Bird 8-12 Shahid Mustafa 2. Royal Prosper 8-2 A. Aziz 3. Arizona 8-0 Qamar Zaman 4. (Only 10 ran after the last-minute withdrawal of Darling Of Royalty).
Won by Short-head, 1 L, Distance.
Time one minute 14 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.
HAVELIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION I & II 7 FURS:
Martial Law (Mohammad Afzal) 7-12 Shahid Rehman 1. Better Case 8-2 Javed Iqbal 2. Flame 8-5 Qamar Zaman 3. Love Moon 8-10 Majid Khan 4. (All six ran).
Won by 1 1/2 L, 2 3/4 L, 5 L.
Time one minute 28 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by the owner.
