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| October 2, 2002 | Wednesday | Rajab 24, 1423 |
Competitive card drawn for midweek
LAHORE, Oct 1: A competitive card of five events, has been drawn up for the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races to be held at the Racecourse Wednesday.
All events will be contested over the sprinting distance of 1200 metres.
The fifth and feature event, a class VII division V handicap race has only seven acceptors, if there are no last-minute withdrawals. Of them three seems to be on chance, namely, Flying Fin, Moment To Moment and Science Fiction. All are in form and have been showing good performances. They should fight it out to pick up the spoils. The other four acceptors have not yet appeared on the board and chances of any one proving a dark horse are bleak.
The other events, race one to four, are packed with form contestants, at least four in each race or even more. Winner picking in these races may prove a difficult task for the punters, if all of the form ones are on job. The first race will be held at 3.pm.
Following are the fields and our selections:
RAHIM YAR KHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV VIII 1200M:
Hot Press 9-0 Silver Baby 8-3 King Panther 8-2 Sweet Victory 8-0 Sun Dance 7-10 Majestic Prince 7-10 In The Game 7-10 Tulip and Iyi Jani 7-10.
Win: Sun Dance. Place: Silver Baby and Tulip. Upset: King Panther.
RAHIM YAR KHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIVISION VII 1200 METRES:
Beena Roy Baby 9-0 Shaiman 8-7 Love Land 8-5 Sugar Dady 8-4 Lado Rani 8-4 Fantastic Cute 7-13 Boby Prince 7-13 Goshie The Great 7-12 Gently 7-10 Nijinsky 7-10 and Silver Sweet.
Win: Goshie The Great. Place: Lado Rani and Gently. Upset: Sugar Dady.
RAHIM YAR KHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI 1200M :
Las Pal Mas 9-0 Wall Street 9-0 Blue Champion 8-12 Double Deal 8-12 Stars ‘N Stripes 8-7 Bacha Jamoora 8-5 Never Bend 8-3 Cranbrook Boy 8-1 Prime Force 7-13 Copper Fields 7-12 and Diva 7-10.
Win: Stars ‘N’ Stripes. Place: Blue Champion and Never Bend. Upset: Copper Fields.
RAHIM YAR KHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI 1200M :
Cape Town 9-0 Bach View 8-12 Faheem Choice 8-12 Royal Man 8-12 My Fantasy 8-12 Super Time 8-12 Native Force 8-9 Sun Of Gold 8-8 Aao Payar Se 8-4 and eastern Bird 8-4.
Win: Native Force. Place: Cape Town and Sun Of Gold. Upset: Royal Man.
RAHIM YAR KHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV V 1200M :
Flying Fin 9-0 Moment To Moment 8-13 Zuhair Choice 8-9 Burnish Prince 8-0 Science Fiction 7-11 Narala 7-10 and Fly To The Stars 7-10.
WIN: Moment To Moment. Place: Science Fiction. Upset: Flying Fin. plea rejected
The plea to hold once a week racing in Lahore has sparked off a sharp reaction and has been dismissed forcefully by all concerned who have warned of its disastrous effects on horse breeding and racing industry.
Recently a suggestion was made to the Lahore Race Club (LRC) by certain interested quarters to revise its racing schedule to hold them once a week.
Race horse-owners, trainers and riders have opposed the idea tooth and nail claiming it would hit them hard financially, as well as all those connected with the industry.
They said the industry was already in the throes of an economic crisis and such a proposal, if implemented, would ruin them all.
They were of the opinion that the root cause of recent crisis was heavy taxation particularly entertainment tax.
Because of the high rate of tax the LRC is under stress and unable to provide reasonable stake-money. This had an over-all adverse affect plunging the whole industry in economic crises.
They said that the proposal was put forth by those, who are induced by self-aggrandisement. No well-wisher of racing could ever think of making such a damaging proposal.
The LRC seems to have paid no heed to the proposal and is continuing with its twice a week racing schedule by announcing a five-race card for Wednesday (Oct 2).
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