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LAHORE, June 5: The bay colt Gold Bird registered his first victory in the feature event of the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse Wednesday.
Gold Bird defeated the fancied bay filly Mahnoor by a big margin of six lengths. Best In Show and Prince Of Peace completed the frame among eight runners.
The Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards came down hard on riders, who did not allow their mounts to run on merit. In the third race they suspended nine riders for 15 days each on this count.
The suspended riders are: M. Imran (High Speed), Qasim Shah (Rocket Fuel), Azam Hussain (Dhandhana), Faisal (Grey Matter), M. Shiraz (The Warrior), M. Nawaz II (Lado Rani), Salah-ud-Din II (Rocket), M. Asif II (Desert Raider) and Kamran (Time Is Gold).
Following are the results:
PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV VIII 800M:
Diva (Zaheer Aslam) 7-10 Parvez Bhatty 1. Silver Baby 9-4 Khalid Jan 2. Lovely Diana 8-9 M. Hussain 3. Delta Song 8-7 A. Aziz 4. (Only 16 ran).
Won by 1 1.4 L, 3/4 L, 1/2 L.
Time 52 seconds.
Winner trained by Tanveer Aslam.
PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV VII 800M:
Talk Of The Town (Iftikhar Ahmed Chaudhry) 7-10 M. Jehangir 1.Strong Arm 7-10 Qasim Shah 2. Candle Light 7-10 Shahnawaz 3. Gently 7-10 Nazir Ahmad 4. (Only 16 ran).
Won by 3 1/2 L, 1 1/2 L, 1 1/4 L.
Time 51 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by the owner.
PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI 800M:
Great King (Qasim Javaid) 8-3 Zulfi 1. Golden Time 8-3 Majid Khan 2. Lado Rani 8-9 M. Nawaz (II) 3. Grey Matter 8-11 Faisal 4. (Only 11 ran).
Won by 5 L, Distance, 1/2 L.
Time 50 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mian Jawaid.
PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI (A) 800M:
Little Master (Rana Mohammad Farooq) 9-4 Khurrum Sheikh 1. Flying Fin 8-3 M. Zeeshan 2. Madam Lorina 8-1 M. Jehangir 3. Abr- e-Bahar 9-2 A. Aziz 4. Only ten ran).
Won by 2 L, 6 L, 2 1/2 L.
Time 50 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Rashid Latif.
PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV V 800M:
Thank You Dear (Zeeshan Ayub) 8-9 A. Aziz 1. Lucky Lass 8-13 Kamran 2. Densee 9-0 M. Hussain 3. Ujala 8-9 Khadim Hussain 4. (All ten ran).
Won by 1/2 L, 3 L, 3 1/4 L.
Time 50 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by M. Ayub Butt.
PARA CHINAR PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV 800M:
Gold Bird (Tariq Saeed Butt) 9-2 Mohsin Ali 1. Mahnoor 8-5 Shahid Rehman 2. Best In Show 8-6 M. A. Khan 3. Prince Of Peace 8-8 M. Zeeshan 4. (All eight ran).
Won by 6 L, 3 3/4 L, 1/2 L.
Time 48 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Malik Manga Khan.
