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LAHORE, Aug 18: Showing magnificent speed three-year- old bay filly Devi Husn Ki stormed home to win the Independence Day Cup run over five furlongs at the Lahore Race Course Sunday.
She defeated a year senior bay filly On On by over six lengths to prove her superiority, surprising everyone by her astonishingly easy victory. In fact it was her initial speed which left her 13 rivals staggering far behind.
Another bay filly Daring Eagle finished third three lengths further behind while yet another bay filly Lucky Credit Queen completed the frame another one-and-a-half lengths further away.
The connections of Devi Husn Ki should be grateful to the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards, who confirmed her inclusion in the cup race.
Her participation in the event was left at the option of the stewards at the time the handicaps were issued on Saturday. However, the stewards raised her weight from 8-8 to 8-13 because she was wrongly handicapped.
The joint favourite On On (Shahid Rehman) and Crysler (Javed Iqbal) were slow at the start and were out of the contest from the word go. In the same race jockey Qamar Zaman had managed fall from chestnut filly Flame owned by steward Malik Hamid Ali Noon. Obviously he was not questioned even.
The cup race featuring a card of six event was held as part of Lahore Race Club celebrations for the country’s Independence.
The main supporting event the Shor Kot Plate, a class III, IV and V combined handicap race contested over 900 metres was won by long shot Gambling Girl who beat fancied Arooj by two lengths. After the last minute withdrawal of Blu’s Wendy, Arooj had opened a firm favourite at 70 to 100 on.
In a last furlong rush of speed Gambling Girl fought a grim battle with Arooj and finally ran ahead two lengths clear of her. In the meantime Half Love and Might And Power finished third and fourth, respectively.
Jockey Majid Khan gave a dazzling display of horsemanship when he brought home three winners which included the Independence Day Cup and the supporting event winners. On each occasion he came like a whirlwind and snatched the race from his opponents.
His two winners Devi Husn Ki and Gambling Girl are trained by a very consistent professional Razzak and owned by Taufiq Kamal.
Riding boy M. Jehangir also scored a treble. He sailed in Track Star, Dhandhana and Golden Wings.
Following are the results:
CHINIOT PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI 900M:
Track Star (Syed Iftikhar Ali) 8-9 M. Jehangir 1. My Fantasy 7-10 Iqbal Khan 2. Time To Lead 9-0 Shahid Rehamn 3. Canopy 8-5 M. Asif (II) 4.
Won by 5 L, 5 1/2 L, 8 L.
Time 57 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Aslam.
CHINIOT PLATE CLASS VII DIV V 900M:
Dhandhana 9-2 M. Jehangir 1. New Valley 8-1 Nazir Ahmad 2. Super Time 8-0 A. Imran 3. Puma Star 8-11 Mohsin Ali 4.
Won by 1 1/4 L, 2 1/2 L, 2 L.
Time 57 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Hanif.
CHINIOT PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV 900M :
Haseen Love (Arif Mahmood Butt) 8-5 Majid Khan 1. Hot Spell 8-9 A. Aziz 2. Morning Bird 8-2 M. Jehangir 3. Thank You Dear 7-11 Qamar Zaman 4.
Won by 2 1/4 L, 2 L, 3 1/4 L.
Time 56 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.
CHINIOT PLATE CLASS VII DIV III 900M;
Golden Wings (Choudhry Zahid Javaid) 8-4 M. Jehangir 1. Asif Love 8-1 Majid Khan 2. Thank You Boss 8-2 Qamar Zaman 3. Red Storm 8-7 A. Aziz 4.
Won by 3 L, 4 L, 6 1/2 L.
Time 55 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammad Fareed.
INDEPENDENCE DAY CUP CLASS VII DIVISION I & II 1000M
Devi Husm Ki (Taufiq Kamal) 8-13 Majid Khan 1. On On 7-12 Shahid Rehman 2. Daring Eagle 8-3 M. Zeeshan 3. Lucky Credit Queen 8-0 M. Hanif 4.
Won by 6 1/2 L, 3 L, 1 1/2 L.
Time one minute 2 seconds.
Winner trained by Razzak.
SHOR KOT PLATE CLASS III, IV & V 100M
Gambling Girl (Taufiq Kamal) 9-4 Majid Kahn 1. Arooj 9-4 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Half Love 10-1 Mujahid Ali (II) 3. Might And Power 8-2 Qamar Zaman 4.
Won by 2 L, 9 1/2 L, 1/2 L.
Time 55 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Razzak.
