July 17, 2002	Wednesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 6, 1423

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LAHORE, July 16: If things go his way, three-year-old bay colt Rambo’s Way, may prove good enough to annex the feature event at the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races to be held at the Racecourses Wednesday.

In his last outing on May 22, Rambo’s Way had registered his maiden victory but the colt had gone lame after passing the winning post. He has not raced since.

Rambo’s Way is stated to have recovered and doing well on track. If he remains sound he should beat his six rivals. Otherwise its anyone’s race.

The feature and sixth event, the Karachi Plate, a class VII division IV race, likewise other events of the day, will be run over the sprinting distance of 800 metres.

The supporting and fifth event comprising nine division V acceptors, looks to be a match between two chestnut geldings Burrat Again and Pistol Pete. The former will be going all out to make it two in-a-row while the latter to avenge his consecutive defeats.

The three-year-old colt Dhadhana, who achieved an easy success last Wednesday is again placed well in the handicap to have the better of his 15 rivals in the fourth race.

This is perhaps the most difficult race to predict any result.

Bay Abr-e-Sehar, chestnut gelding Russian Pet and dark- bay Balal Star are also the worthy contenders, while Jungle Beat and My Fantasy are tracking well but their in the field performance have so far belied it.

The well-bred mare Surprise Mission is also there to sprang a big surprise.

The LRC request to owners and trainers to enter a maximum number of runners had received a positive response and the number of races has been increased to six from five and the acceptors almost doubled for Wednesday’s card.

On the whole the card looks a ticklish one. The first race will start at 2.30 pm.

Following are the fields and our selections.

KARACHI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VIII 800M:

Rocket Fuel 9-5 High Speed 9-5 Cover Point 9-0 King Panther 9-0 Barbara 9-0 Love Land 8-4 Free Lancer 7-13 Red Bullet 7-11 Last Love 7-10 Flying Legs 7-10 River Wild 7-10 Sugar Dady 7-10 Courtesan 7-10 and Silver March 7-10.

Win: River Wild. Place; King Panther and Barbara. Upset: Rocket Fuel.

KARACHI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VII 800M:

Blue Blood 9-0 Goshie The Great 8-13 Royal Harban 8-13 Fiji 8-11 Majestic Prince 8-8 Jee Salman 8-8 Blue Champion 8-7 Yarrow Braw 7-10 Haroon Prince 7-10 and Science Fiction 7-10.

Win: Blue Blood. Place: Yarrow Braw and Fiji. Upset: Blue Champion.

KARACHI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VII (A) 800M:

Time To Lead 9-0 Sweet Talk 9-0 Sky Man 9-0 Love Faisal 9-0 Top Gun 9-0 Tiger’s Wood 9-0 Track Star 9-0 Subzero 8-13 Boby Prince 8-9 Lovely Diana 8-8.

Win: Time To Lead. Place: Subzero and Track Star. Upset: Lovely Diana.

KARACHI PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI 800M:

Dhandhana 9-0 Jungle Beat 9-0 Silver Heart 9-0 Surprise Mission 9-0 Golden Time 8-8 Smore Star 8-4 Madam Lorina 8-4 Chungez 8-4 My Fantasy 8-0 Cherry’s Own 7-10 Abr-e-Sehar 7-10 Muslim Badger 7-10 Balal Star 7-10 Easy Come Easy Go 7-10.

Win: Dhandhana. Place: Abr-e-Sehar and Russian Pet. Upset: My Fantasy.

KARACHI PLATE CLASS VII DIV V 800M:

Pistol Pete 9-0 Burrat Again 8-12 Faheem Choice 8-11 Iqbal Maid 8-1 Prime Force 8-0 Power Plus 8-0 Star-N-Stripe 8-0 Royal Man 7-10 Weldon Shogun 7-10.

Win: Burrat Again. Place: Royal Man and Iqbal Maid. Upset: Pistol Pete.

The Karachi Plate Class VII Div IV 800m

Win: Rambo’s Prince. Place: Thank You Boss and Decent Fellow. Upset: Storm Bird.