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| December 9, 2002 | Monday | Shawwal 4,1423 |
Great Grandy springs surprise victory
LAHORE, Dec 8: Bay horse Great Grandy sprang a surprise victory in the feature event of the 10th Lahore Winter Meeting run over a mile at the Racecourse Sunday.
Races resumed in Lahore after a month-long break due to Ramazan, with a seven- event card.
Four to one chance Great Grandy scored a two-and-a-half lengths win over chestnut colt Red Ransom, who failed to justify his 20 to 100 favouritism under jockey Aamar Parvez. Blu’s Wendy finished third, seven-and-a-half lengths further back with Bureaucrat in fourth position among six runners. Jockey Shahid Rehman rode the winner. This was the seventh and last race of the day.
Earlier, bay filly Democracy was given a patient ride by jockey Salah-ud-Din II to hit the front in the dying strides and win the sixth and supporting event run over a mile.
Democracy beat Red Storm by one-and-a-half lengths with Lucky Shot, one-and-three quarters of a length further back in the third place. Millennium Count failed to pick up in the final stretch and fell back to fourth position, three and three quarters of a-length further behind. Only eight competed for the event.
Jockey Salah-ud-Din II earned the afternoon’s riding honours by bringing home three winners. He began his day with a fluent victory on My Own Business in the third race and followed it with an easy success on Dizzy Heights in the fifth event. He completed his treble with a well deserved victory on Democracy in the sixth and supporting event.
Jockey Shahid Rehman celebrated his return to saddle with a grand double through Naseeb in the two-year-old thoroughbreds race and Great Grandy in the feature event.
Results:
PASRUR PLATE CLASS VII DIV V 1000M:
Bach View (S. M. Naeem) 8-10 Mujahid Ali (II) 1. Silver Charm 9-3 A. Imran 2. Show Counting 8-6 Qasim Shah 3. Zuhair Choice 7-10 Khalid 4.
Also ran: Rukhsh, Oneeza, Lucky Bailiff, Special Dream, Thank You Dear, Fair Boy, Fiji, Star ‘N’ Stripes, Divine Force, Lucky Lass and Gently.
Won by 2 3/4 L, Neck, 1 1/2 L.
Time one minute 2 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Shahzad Ali.
PASRUR PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV 1000M:
Zargar (M. Shafiq Sadiq) 7-11 M. Zeeshan 1. Blue Dawn 8-2 Shahid Rehman 2. Puma Star 7-11 Faisal Tahir 3. Green Hill 7-11 M. Hanif 4.
Also ran: Dahis Again, Thank You Boss, Voodoo Dancer, Hot Spell, Pistol Pete, Raiz Love, Royal Prosper, Afnan, Royal Class, Silver Heart, Flight Alert, Morning Bird and Born Champion.
Won by Neck, 7 3/4 L, 3/4 L.
Time one minute 2 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Memraiz Khan.
PASRUR PLATE CLASS VII DIV III 1000M :
My Own Business (Murtaza Ijaz) 8-12 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Moment To Moment 9-0 Shahid Rehman 2. Lucky Credit Queen 8-5 M. Jehangir 3. Love Moon 8-9 Qasim Shah 4.
Also ran: Mehsham Prince, Imagine If, Tora Bora, Gurali Queen, Decent Fellow, Shah Kam, Royal Strength, Roman Charger and Feel The Freedom.
Won by 1 1/4 L, 3 3/4 L, 1/2 L.
Time one minute 3 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammed Amin.
NUNEHAL PLATE, A TERM RACE FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD THOROUGHBRED COLTS AND FILLIES (MAIDENS) 1000 METRES:
Naseeb (Malik Hamid Ali Noon) 8-7 Shahid Rehman 1. Desert Lady 8-4 M. Hanif 2. Abou Zouz Park 8-4 Aamar Parvez 3. Dare To Dream 8-4 A. Aziz 4.
Also ran: Cess Pool, Heart’s Beat and Cinderella.
Won by 4 1/4 L, 5 L, 8 L.
Time one minute 2 seconds.
Winner trained by Haji Fazal Hadi.
PASRUR PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 1600M:
Dizzy Height (Raja Khushbakht-ur-Rehman) 8-5 Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. Good Justice 7-13 Shahid Rehman 2. Mahnoor 8-4 A. Aziz 3. Shannel 8-10 A. Imran 4.
Also ran: Flame, Star Gate and Polo Gambler.
Won by 6 L, 3 1/2 L, Distance.
Time one minute 42 seconds.
Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.
PASRUR PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1600M:
Democracy (Nayyar Sheikh) 8-7 Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. Red Storm 8-0 Shahid Rehman 2. Lucky Shot 8-8 M. Hanif 3. Millennium Count 8-6 Mujahid Ali (II) 4.
Also ran: Better Case, Early Bird, Sound Of Music and Daring Eagle.
Won by 1 1/2 L, 1 3/4 L, 3 3/4 L.
Time one minute 41 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mohammed Bashir.
JHELUM PLATE CLASS V 1600M:
Great Grandy (Choudhry Mumtaz Ahmed Dugga) 7-13 Shahid Rehman 1. Red Ransom 9-0 Aamar Parvez 2. Blu’s Wendy 9-0 Khurrum Sheikh 3. Bureaucrat 7-13 Mubarik Ali 4.
Also ran: Snoopy and Ahtisab.
Won by 2 1/2 , 7 1/2 L, 7 1/2 L.
Winner trained by Syed Zaheer Ahmed.
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