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| October 21, 2002 | Monday | Sha’aban 14,1423 |
The Speed Star sprints to 4th straight win
KARACHI, Oct 20: The Speed Star piloted by jockey Jillani, sprinted to his fourth straight win while picking up the spoils in the concluding event of the Winter Gymkhana Race Meeting held on Sunday at Karachi Racecourse.
The property of leading owner M. Ateeq, the bay colt jumped out first from the starting stall when the race began and never looking back, won the six furlong engagement with utmost ease from Paddock Fancy and Royal Fantasy.
Jockey Shehzad however, once again stole the riding honours with a brace of winners through Delta Song in the fourth event and helped Rocket Fuel to victory in the next race of the afternoon.
The chestnut colt defying all odds cruised home to his third successive triumph. Also sharing in the celebrations was trainer M. Sharif, who saddled both winners.
In fact Shehzad may have completed a fine hat-trick in the seventh race. Leading the field while sprinting for home astride Sapno Ki Rani. Disaster struck only 200 yards away from victory which caught the rider by surprise.
Although put off balance, Shahzad managed to steer his mount past the winning post, but in the meantime the bay mare was passed by Show Time from the outside, even after going terribly wide entering the straight and X’Tasy.
The opener was won by Century, with Miss Neutron, Royal Promise and Millennium Era completing the frame. The honours of the next race went to Baby Tabassum ridden by Nadim Akhtar coming in with a flying burst to collar front runner Reasonable half a furlong from the winning post.
Look At Me having the services of Raees Ahmed in the saddle, won the fourth race, upsetting front runner Prism Of Life.
The sixth event of the afternoon was cancelled.
The next race meeting is scheduled for Wednesday.
Results:
FAHAD PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-V 5F
Century (Syed Shahid Hilal) 8-13 Mohammad Ali 1, Miss Neutron 8-9 Najam Iqbal 2, Royal Promise 8-5 Naveed 3, Millennium Era 8-13 Bashir Karim 4.
Won by 4L, Sh-hd. 2 1/2L. Time 1 min 13 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Mushtaq Ali Khan.
FAHAD PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-III & G-IV 5F
Baby Tabassum (Syed Hashim Abbas) 9-2 Nadim Akhtar 1, Reasonable 9-0 M. Mazhar 2, Striker 8-13 M. Kashif 3, Super Boy 8-5 M. Akram 4.
Won by 3/4L, 4 1/2L, 9L. Time 1 min 9 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Karim Bachoo.
FAHAD PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-II & III 5F
Look At Me (Mr. Javed Iqbal Dab) 9-0 Raees Ahmed 1, Sweet Grandy 8-7 Inayat II 2, Silent Fire 8-9 Zahoor Ahmed 3, Sarafan 8-7 Tariq Baran 4.
Won by Sh-hd., 3/4L, 5L. Time 1 min 8 sec. Winner trained by A. Hannan.
FAHAD PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-II 5F
Delta Song (Mr. Saeed Ahmed) 8-0 Shahzad 1, Prism Of Life 8-5 Zahoor Ahmed 2, Sone Pari 8-6 Kashif Ali 3, High Speed 8-5 Abid Ali II.
Won by 2L, 7L, 1L. Time 1 min 7 sec. Winner trained by M. Sharif.
FAHAD PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-I 5F
Rocket Fuel (Syed Tasawer Hussain Shah) 9-0 Shahzad 1, Neelam Taab Mumtaz Ali 2, Winning Queue 8-12 M. Nasir 3, Rajwar 9-0 M. Kashif 4.
Won by 1L, 2 1/2L, 5L. Time 1 min 5 3/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Sharif.
FAHAD PLATE CLASS IX DIV DIV VII 5F
RACE CANCELLED.
FAHAD PLATE CLASS IX DIV V & VI 6F
Show Time (Mr. S.R. Ali) 8-4 M. Waseem 1, X’Tasy 7-13 Zaid Faiz 2, Sapno Ki Rani 7-11 3, Guarantee 8-0 Zahoor Ahmed 4.
Shab-e-Noor and Wonderful Peace were withdrawn from the race before coming under the starter’s orders.
Won by 2L, 2L, 3L. Time 1 min 17 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Amjad Ali.
FAHAD PLATE CLASS IX DIV IV 6F
The Speed Star (Mr. M. Ateeq) 8-11 Jillani 1, Paddock Fancy 8-13, Tehseen Hussain 2, Royal Fantasy 8-4 Kashif Qamar 3, The Champion Strides 9-0 Najam Iqbal 4.
Won by 3 3/4L, 5L, 4 1/4L. Time 1 min 17 1/5 sec. Winner trained by A. Waheed Siddiqui.
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