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| November 7, 2002 | Thursday | Ramazan 1,1423 |
Speedy Shining Steel gallops to fourth successive victory
KARACHI, Nov 6: Shokat Awan’s chestnut colt Shining Steel partnered by M. Nasir, galloped to his fourth successive victory at the Winter Gymkhana Race Meeting Wednesday.
Trained by Taj Mohammad, Shining Steel with Golden Voice and Rajwar close on his heels near the bend, pulled away whilst turning for home and sprinted past the winning post in a fast time of one minute 4 2/5 sec.
Stable companion Ever Shine with a late burst finished second, seven lengths behind the winner, with Rajwar and Golden Voice completing the frame.
On the last racing day before the Holy Month of Ramazan, the racing fans suffered badly and were certainly taken for a long ride.
The racing track a complete shambles as compared to those glorious days of the horseracing in the past, has now become a death trap for both horses and their riders.
In the second race won by Reasonable with M. Wasim in the saddle, Lord Of Lords, a thoroughbred bay horse came crashing down to earth near the winning post and lay quite still with the rider sprawled on the turf. Mercifully after awhile the horse stood up after being helped by several hands and was seen limping away towards his stables while M. Yousuf who rode the fallen horse, escaped with minor bruises.
Apart from this mishap in the race, Royal Wisdom ridden by M. Nasir and backed for a song by the punters, played truant and never even figured on the board. The thoroughbred horse Pearl from Taj Mohammad’s yard with Zubair Ahmed glued to the saddle, also did the disappearing act.
In the very next race tragedy struck again, when the bay mare Royal Romance making her bid for victory after settling her account with front runner Great Bakht, stumbled and fell a furlong from the winning post. Great Bakht racing in from behind fell heavily on Royal Romance and in the melee brought down Much Better.
Although Great Bakht was seen limping badly after the race, the other two horses seemed all right, coming off with another great escape. Off the three riders who were brought down, Muzaffar Hussain and Naveed, rode again later in the day, but Raees Ahmed partnering Much Better was rushed off to the hospital.
The first race of the afternoon was won by rank outsider Lucky Love ridden by Tariq Mehmood.
M. Kashif replacing Muzaffar Hussain in the saddle, rode Quick Mover to a fluent victory in the fourth race, overtaking Satellite Star in the last strides, after the latter was engaged in a keen tussle with Shah Rose earlier in the race.
After a big delay where several riders where changed, the Stewards finally decided to cancel the fifth event, when it was found that the chestnut horse Regal was not ticking.
Royal Falcon won the seventh event easily beating Donatello by four lengths, followed home by Deniro and X’Tasy.
The spoils in the concluding race was picked up Nihal Pervaiz’s chestnut mare Lover’s Lady with Shahzad in the saddle, chased all the way past the winning post by Mega Hit, Royal Fantasy and Navaho Princess.
Following are the results:
PUNJAB PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-IV & G-IV 5F
Lucky Love (Qazi Asif) 8-2 Tariq Mahmood 1, Sher Khan 9-2 Muzaffar Hussain 2, Darbari Malang 8-5 Kashif Qamar 3, Miss Neutron 8-7 Ashraf Kamal 4.
Also ran: My Baboo, Major Dandy, Abr-e-Noor, Super Boy and Royal Springs.
Won by 4 1/4L, 1/2L, 6 1/2L. Time 1 min 11 3/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Tufail.
PUNJAB PLATE CLASS G-III & G-IV 5F
Reasonable (Mr. A. Rashid Baloch) 9-3 M. Wasim 1, Powerful Tarzan 9-0 Moula Bux 2, Royal Beauty 8-3 Naveed 3, Rolling Thunder 8-11 Murad Ali 4.
Also ran: Lord Of Lords, Red Rum, Royal Wisdom, Lightening Arrow, Big Star, Rukhsar, Gharnata, Black Gift, Prince Naeem, Shehroz-e- Sehar, Pearl, Century and Royal Promise.
Won by 2L, 3/4L, 1L Time 1 min 9 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Mansoor Alam.
PUNJAB PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-III 5F
Sajan Black (Mr. Shokat Awan) 8-7 Zubair Ahmed 1, Sarafan 8-6 Tariq Baran 2, Baby Tabassum (Syed Hashim Abbas) 9-3 Zahoor Ahmed 3, Lawrence Of Arabia 8-5 Kashif Ali 4.
Also ran: High Speed, Tipu Fight, Much Better, Striker, Great Bakht, Done Is Done, Royal Romance, Rich Valiant, Jango,Sachin, Sunday Silence, Clever Cat, Whitney Houston and Miss Ruby.
Won by 10L, 6 1/2L, Dist. Time 1 min. 7 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Taj Mohammad.
PUNJAB PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-II 5F
Quick Mover (Mr. Manzoor Ali) 9-0 M. Kashif 1, Satellite Star 8-11 Zubair Ahmed 2, Shah Rose 8-8 Kashif Ali 3, Silent Fire 8-11 Zahoor Ahmed 4.
Also ran: Cosby Kid, Just In Fun, Black Magic, Delta Song, Noor-un- Nisa 8-10, Mark Even Top, Prism Of Life, Classic Beauty, Bach Fly, Your Pleasure, Bye Bye and Law Of Nature.
Wondering Eyes was withdrawn from the race before coming under the starter’s orders.
Won by 1/2L, 2 1/2L, 6 1/2L. Time 1 min 6 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Irfan.
PUNJAB PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-I 5F
RACE CANCELLED.
PUNJAB PLATE CLASS IX DIV VII 5F
Shining Steel (Mr. Shokat Awan) 8-4 M. Nasir 1, Ever Shine 8-5 Zubair Ahmed 2, Rajwar 8-2 Tahseen Hussain 3, Golden Voice 8-12 M. Akram 4.
Also ran: Ray Of Light, Star Flash, Sardar,Wonder Thunder, Razdan. National Lining, Snake Eyed, Royal Lancer and Sugar Daddy.
Neelam Taab was withdrawn from the race before coming under the starter’s orders.
Won by 7L, 1/2L, 1L. Time 1 min 4 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Taj Mohammad.
PUNJAB PLATE CLASS IX DIV V & VI 5F
Royal Falcon (Mr. Makhdoom Hassan Raza) 8-2 S. Khan 1, Donatello 7-12 Muzaffar Hussain 2, Deniro 7-10 Latif 3, X’Tasy 8-2 Mumtaz Ali 4.
Also ran: Champion Star, Inferno, Guarantee, Baby Face, Welcome Shahtab and Rocket Fuel.
Won by 4L, 1.2L, Neck. Time 1 min 4 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Asif Qamar.
PUNJAB PLATE CLASS IX DIV III 6F
Lover’s Lady (Mr. Nihal Pervaiz) 9-4 Shahzad 1, Mega Hit 7-12 Zahoor Ahmed 2, Royal Fantasy 8-0 Naveed 3, Navaho Princess 8-6 Zahid Faiz 4.
Also ran: Charkh Bareen and Dur-e-Yaman.
Won by 4L, 3/4L, 1/2L. Time 1 min 17 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Ibrahim.
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