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| December 23, 2002 | Monday | Shawwal 18, 1423 |
Squash Ball causes season’s biggest upset
LAHORE, Dec 22: The magnificent chestnut colt Squash Ball, with jockey M. Hanif in the saddle, caused the biggest upset of the season, winning the term race for two-year-old halfbred colts and fillies run over the sprinting distance of 1000 metres at the Racecourse on Sunday.
The Lalian Plate was the fourth and feature event of the six race card drawn for the 12th Lahore Winter Meeting and was contested by a dozen well-bred colts and fillies.
Owned by a former jockey Khurshid Baig and trained by M.I. Bostan, Squash Ball held off a strong challenge from his main rivals, fancied Super Star and second favourite Royal Gunner, showing a complete pair of heels to gain success on first outing. He clocked one minute 3 seconds over the distance.
Taking an early lead Squash Ball was closely challenged by his rivals. But once heads turned for the straight the chestnut increased his pace and finally defeated Super Star at the finishing post by three-fourth of a length.
Royal Gunner and Tripple M, finished third and fourth, respectively. Squash Ball was totally ignored by the punters. The lucky punters who backed Squash Ball on win tote received a handsome dividend of Rs 18140 for a Rs 100 investment.
Jockey M. Hanif excelled in riding when he returned home with a brace of winners through Squash Ball and Lucky Shot in the feature and supporting event, respectively.
Trainer Amjad Ali II saddled two winners Hot Spell in the opener and Flight Alert in the second race. Only one firm favourite obliged backers of fancied horses in a card of six events.
Results:
Muzaffarabad Plate Class VII Div V 1000m:
Hot Spell (Hamza Khan) 8-5 Azam Hussain 1.Special Dream 7-10 A. Aziz 2. Zuhair Choice 7-12 M. Zeeshan 3. Silver Charm 9-7 A.Imran 4.
Won by 1 1/4 L, 1 3/4 L, 1 1/4 L.
Time one minute 2 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.
Muzaffarabad Plate Class VII Div IV 1000m :
Flight Alert (Amjad Ali II) 8-5 Mubashar Ali 1. Show Counting 8-3 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Dancing Margina 7-10 Aamar Parvez 3. Senna 7-10 Qamar Zaman 4.
Won by 3 3/4 L, 3 3/4 L, 1 3/4 L.
Time one minute 2 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.
Muzaffar Abad Plate Class VII Division III 1000 Metres:
Great King (M. Ilyas) 8-7 Javed Choudhry 1. Chief Executive 7-13 Shahid Rehman 2. Puma Star 8-6 M. Zeeshan 3. Sir Thank You 8-3 Khurrum Sheikh 4.
Won by 1 3/4 L, Distance, 1 1/2 L.
Time one minute 1 2/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Mian Javaid.
Lalian Plate, a term race for two-year-old halfbred colts and fillies (Maidens) 1000m:
Squash Ball (Rashid Baig) 8-7 M. Hanif 1. Super Star 8-7 Khurrum Sheikh 2. Royal Gunner 8-7 A. Aziz 3. Tripple M 8-7 Salah-ud-Din (II) 4.
Won by 3/4 L, Short-head, 1 3/4 L.
Time one minute 3 seconds.
Muzaffarabad Plate Class VII Div II 1200m:
Zargar (M. Shafiq Sadiq) 7-12 M.Zeeshan 1. Thunder Storm 7-10 M. Hanif 2. Good Justice 8-7 Qamar Zaman 3. Value Of Life 7-13 M.Hussain 4.
Won by 4 3/4 L, 7 1/4 L, 5 1/2 L.
Time one minute 14 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Memraiz Khan.
Muzaffar Abad Plate Class VII Division I 1200M:
Lucky Shot (Naeem-ud-Din Warraich) 8-9 M. Hanif 1. Shannel 8-6 Qamar Zaman 2. Red Storm 8-6 Shahid Rehman and Millennium Count 8-1 Aamar Parvez 3. (Dead-heat).
Won by 3/4 L, Neck, Dead-heat.
Time one minute 13 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Raja Tehmasab Khan.
LAHORE, Dec 22: The midweek Lahore Gymkhana races scheduled to be held on Wednesday have been cancelled because of the Quaid- i-Azam Gold Cup race being organised by the Karachi Race Club, at Karachi Racecourse, the same day (Dec 25).
A decision to this effect was taken by the stewards of the Lahore Race Club chaired by new chairman Tariq Aziz here on Sunday to enable race-goers to go to Karachi and see the prestigious event named after Quaid-i-Azam.—AG
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