October 23, 2002	Wednesday	Sha’aban 16,1423

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LAHORE, Oct 22: A competitive card of six events awaits race-goers at the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races to be held at the Racecourse Wednesday.

All events will be contested over the sprinting distance of 1200 metres. In all, 68 runners have been left in after the final forfeit Tuesday to compete in six events, barring last-minute withdrawals.

The races have been composed of nine to thirteen acceptors while one has the biggest field of 18. In each event there are at least four or even more chance runners which will make winner picking a difficult task for punters.

The sixth and feature event, the Kharian Plate, class VII division V has nine runners, if there are no last-minute withdrawals. Cape Town, Russian Pet, Fiji and Silver Charms are the chance contestant in this race. They should fight for the top honours. The distance goes in favour of Cape Town.

Three-year-old bay colt Eastern Bird, who was beaten a week ago by Turn On, should make amends this time in the third race. This halfbred colt from Shahpur out-of-Guinea, Eastern Bird looks the best proposition of the day.

Four-year-old dark-bay colt Jehandar is a cut above in class vis-a-vis his ten rivals in the fourth race provided he takes a level start.

This colt has a tendency to come out of the starting gate a bit slower and he fails to make up the lost ground in sprinting distance races. The distance of 1200 metres goes in his favour. The first race will be held at 1.00 pm.

Following are the fields and our selections:

KHARIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV VIII 1200M:

Silver Sweets 9-0 Miss Pecasso 9-0 Royal Harban 9-0 Hot Press 8-9 Shot Fire 8-4 Silver Baby 8-2 Jan-e-Mir 8-0 Tulip 7-10 and Shoot To Kill 7-10.

Win: Silver Baby. Place: Royal Harban and Shoot To Kill. Upset: Jan-e-Mir.

KHARIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV VII 1200M:

Lucky Ever 9-0 Waqas The Great 9-0 Raad 9-0 Concept Again 8-11 Mohni Road 8-9 Beena Roy Baby 8-9 Love Land 8-4 Muslim Badger 8-4 Sugar Dady 8-3 Lado Rani 8-3 Sky Man 7-13 In The Game 7-11 Final Count Down 7-11 Super Moon Light 7-10 Nijinsky 7-10 and Blessed 7-10.

Win: Final Count Down. Place: Lado Rani and In The Game. Upset: Mohni Road.

KHARIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI 1200M:

Eastern Bird 9-0 Narala 8-10 Densee 8-10 Royal Touch 8-10 Las Pal Mas 8-5 Aao Payar Se 8-5 Wall Street 8-5 Gently 8-0 Copper Fields 8-0 Easy Come Easy Go 7-10 Diva 7-10 Yarrow Braw 7-10 and Grey Matter 7-10.

Win: Eastern Bird. Place: Gently and Copper Fields. Upset: Aao Payar Se.

KHARIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV VI 1200M:

My Fantasy 9-1 Snow Cool 8-12 Super Time 8-9 Malook Star 8-6 Jehandar 8-5 Bach View 8-5 Fifty Six Fifty Six 8-4 The Warrior 8-3 Irslan 7-13 and Blue Champion 7-10.

Jehandar. Place: Fifty Six Fifty Six and Irslan. Upset: My Fantasy.

KHARIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV V(B) 1200M:

Track Star 9-0 Lucky Bailiff 8-10 Sher Singh 8-10 Free My Heart 8-5 Rizwan The Great 8-5 Knock Out 7-10 Popeye Well 7-10 Set A Fire 7-10 and Weldon Shogun 7-10.

Win: Popeye Well. Place: Track Star and Rizwan The Great. Upset: Knock Out.

KHARIAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV V (A) 1200M:

Cape Town 9-0 Naseebo Lal 8-10 Royal Man 8-10 Russian Pet 8-5 Fiji 8-5 Silver Charm 8-3 Chief Executive 8-0 Divine Force 8-0 and Jonty Road 7-10.

Win: Cape Town. Place: Russian Pet and Fiji. Upset: Silver Charm.