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| December 9, 2002 | Monday | Shawwal 4,1423 |
Hoor-e-Mehran runs away with Eid Milan Cup
KARACHI, Dec 8: Syed Sadruddin Shah’s three-year- old dark bay filly Hoor-e-Mehran ran away with the Eid Milan Cup at the Winter Gymkhana Meeting held on Sunday at the Karachi Race Course.
Partnered by Ghulam Shabbir II, the filly jumped out second behind The New Champion and held on to the lead approaching the bend. Turning for home, The New Champion went a trifle wide which enabled Hoor-e-Mehran to take over the lead.
The New Champion however, recovered quickly and was in quick pursuit as the two sprinted for home, closely followed by Show Time and Guarantee. With her rider urging her on, Hoor-e-Mehran passed the winning post, clocking one minute 18 3/5 going over the six furlongs. Show Time with a tremendous burst from the outside, finished second two lengths behind, edging out The New Champion, while Guarantee completed the frame.
Hoor-e-Mehran is trained by Allah Judrio, who finished the afternoon’s programme with a splendid double, when he sent out Shah Mardan Shah II Pir Pagaro VII’s five-year-old bay mare Fire Of Desire to a smashing victory in the concluding race, beating Donatello by half a length after both runners were engaged in a keen tussle in the home stretch while sprinting for home. Shining Steel on song for his fifth straight win, let plenty of the racing fans down, finishing a disappointing fourth behind Saligna.
The victory of Fire Of Desire, also enabled jockey Ghulam Shabbir II, share in the victory celebrations, crowing himself with a double also.
In the opener, Lucky Love, partnered by Tariq Mahmood, beat Rolling Thunder by one and half lengths, after jockey M. Nisar replaced Shahzad in the saddle at the starting gate.
Three greys were engaged in a lively duel in the next event, in which High Speed ridden by Ali Murad beat Sarafan and Sachin, even after Sarafan managed to draw abreast of the winner 300 yards from the winning post.
Jockey M. Nisar, moved a little closer to lifting the jockeys championship title, riding Sajan Black to a fluent victory in the third race of the afternoon. Prism Of Life hanging on to the railing, sprinted in from behind beating Just In Fun for the second spot.
Love Land, and eight-year-old bay gelding, with jockey Dilshad in the saddle, won the following event with plenty to spare, beating Power Plus by a handsome margin of 10 lenghts.
The next event was “actually” won by Golden Voice having the services of jockey Arshad. The bay gelding seemed to be heading for an easy victory, but the crowd fancy Micky Mikado II with Shahzad aboard, came in with a rattling burst and just 100 yards away from the winning post both runners collided which nearly sent Micky Mikado II and his rider crashing down to earth.
However, with Shahzad managing to control his mount, Micky Mikado II finished second, 3/4 lengths behind Golden Voice. Immediately after the race, Shahzad lodged a protest with the Stewards that he was bumped by Golden Voice which prevented him from winning the race. The Stewards upheld the protest and Micky Mikado II was declared the winner, with Golden Voice bracketed into the second spot. In second event, High Speed fancied in our columns won the race from our second best Sarafan. Sajan Black obliged our readers in the next race and our day’s best, Micky Mikado II ran away with the fifth. Hoor-e-Mehran then went on to win the Eid Millan Cup.
In the opener placed Lucky Love picked up the spoils while Love Land won the fourth race as he pleased.
In the last race of the afternoon Fire Of Desire had a narrow win against Donatello with Shining Steel finished a disappointing fourth.
The next race meeting is scheduled for Dec 11.
Following are the results:
EID MILAN PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-III & IV 5F
Lucky Love (Qazi Asif) 8-5 Tariq Mahmood 1, Rolling Thunder 9-0 M. Nasir 2, Fantazm 8-11 Bashir Karim 3, Century 8-6 M. Arif 4.
Also ran: Red Rum, Lightening Arrow, Royal Beauty, Gharnata, Shehroz-e-Sehr, Royal Promise and Money Make Music.
Won by 1 1/2L, Dist. 1/2L. Time 1 min 13 1/5 sec. Winner trained by M. Pervaiz.
EID MILAN PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-III 5F
High Speed (Mr. Mukhtair Hussain Wasim) 8-6 Murad Ali 1, Sarafan 8-10 Tariq Baran 2, Sachin 7-12 M. Nasir 3, Striker 8-6 Nisar Ahmed 4.
Also ran: Bye Bye, Ford Mustang, Millennium Magic, Rich Valiant, Jango, Mera Kiya Kasoor, Sachin, Sunday Silence, Clever Cat and Miss Ruby.
Won by 1 3/4L, 7L, Sh-hd. Time 1 min 9 3/5 sec. Winner trained by Irfan.
EID MILAN PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-II 5F
Sajan Black (Mr. Shoukat Awan) 8-12 M. Nasir 1, Prism Of Life 8-6 Tariq Mahmood 2, Just In Fun 8-11 Inayat II 3, Even Top 8-5 Bashir Karim 4.
Also ran: Silent Fire, Delta Song, Noor-un-Nisa, Mark, Baby Tabassum, Dauntless, Classic Beauty, Neeli Nighahain and Afzaal Prince.
Won by 9 1/2L, 2 1/4L, 3L. Time 1 min 8 3/5 sec. Winner trained by Taj Mohammad.
EID MILAN PLATE CLASS IX DIV G-I
Love Land (Mr. Murtaza Ijaz) 9-0 Dilshad 1, Power Plus 8-2 Tahseen Hussain 2, Maha Sagar 8-4 Shafi Mohammad 3, Blue’s Night 9-0 M. Yousuf 4.
Also ran: Sher Zai, Superb Star, Rashmee, Royal Lancer, Sugar Daddy, Quick Mover, Dushtiyani, Little Sunny, Recent Command, One Touch, Knight Gambler, Slim Fit, Your Excellency and Free Lancer.
Won by 10L, 5L, 1 3/4L. Time 1 min 6 3/5 sec. Winner trained by Amjad Ali.
EID MILAN PLATE CLASS IX DIV VII 5F
Micky Mikado II (Mr. M. Ateeq) 9-1 Shahzad 1, Golden Voice 8-9 Arshad 2, Wonder Thunder 8-4 Azeem 3, Ray Of Light 8-10 Abdul Jabbar 4.
Also ran: Brave Shah, Neelam Taab, Sardar, Never Band, Aziz Love, Al-Chemy, Sweet Emotions, Minnie Me, Flying Bird, National Lining, The Prince Zeeshan, Valerie and Snake Eyed.
Won by 3/4L, 9 1/2L, 4 3/4L. Time 1 min 6 3/5 sec. Winner trained by A. Waheed Siddiqui.
EID MILAN CUP CLASS IX DIV IV & V 5F
Hoor-e-Mehran (Syed Sadruddin Shah) 8-0 Ghulam Shabbir II 1, Show Time 7-10 M. Waseem 2, The New Champion 8-11 Mujahid Ali 3, Guarantee 7-10 Aamir Ali 4.
Also ran: Fly To The Sky, Lovely Concept, Lover’s Way. Laurel, X’Tasy and Lucky Three.
Won by 2L, 1/2L, 1 1/2l. Time 1 min 18 3/5 sec. Winner trained by Allah Judrio.
EID MILAN PLATE CLASS IX DIV VI 6F
Fire Of Desire (Shah Mardan Shah II Pir Pagaro VII) 9-0 Ghulam Shabbir 1, Donatello 8-12 Muzaffar Hussain 2, Saligna 8-5 3, Shining Steel 8-7 M. Nasir 4.
Also ran: Welcome Shahtab, Deniro, Prince Of Arabia and Mubashar Prince.
Won by 1/2L, 2 1/2L, 3L. Time 1 min 19 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Allah Judrio.
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