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| March 27, 2003 | Thursday | Muharram 23, 1424 |
Key Guy Princess storms home
LAHORE, March 26: Twice unsuccessful chestnut filly Key Guy Princess dispelled doubts of her being an unreliable runner when she stormed home by eight lengths to win the feature event during the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday.
The filly from Key Guy out-of-Bloody Mary showed a magnificent improvement and speed to win comfortably from bay gelding Blue Stone. Even-money fancied Royal Class was nosed out to third position with Princess Of Peace fourth, another two-and- a-quarter lengths behind.
In all, eight ran after the last-minute withdrawal of Easy To Listene. The winner was ridden by Qamar Zaman and is trained by Choudhry Mohammed Siddique.
Key Guy Princess had finished third and off the board in her outings on March 5 and March 16 last, under jockey Javed Choudhry which caused quite a controversy of her being an unreliable runner.
The owner suspecting some foul-play by Javedy, this time changed the rider and engaged Qamar.
The change paid dividends and the filly won by a big margin of eight lengths in almost the same company of runners.
Qamar stole the limelights by bringing home a brace of winners whe he rode Khan Bahadur to victory in the third race.
The Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards were not satisfied with the performance of well-backed bay mare Madam Lorina, who ran off the frame in the second race.
They questioned her rider M. Jehangir and not being satisfied with his explanation they suspended him for one month.
They also gave a stern warning to jockey Abdur Rahim for his poor horsemanship on fancied Royal Class in the feature and fifth event. Royal Class finished third behind Key Guy Princess and Blue Stone.
Key Guy Princess was the only well-backed runner to oblige in a card of six events. All other winners were available at long odds. All event were contested over the sprinting distance of 1000 metres.
Results:
Bahawalnagar Plate Class VII Division IV (A) 1000 Metres:
Sweet Victory (Malik Riaz Shahid) 8-0 Majid Khan 1. Blessed 7-13 Qamar Zaman 2. Rococo 7-13 A. Aziz 3. Delta Song 8-0 Najam Iqbal 4.
Also ran: Yarrow Braw, Son Of Gold, Seven Spades, Salman The Great, Shaiman, Lado Rani, and Supreme Boy.
Won by 1 1/2 L, Head, 1 1/4 L.
Time one minute 5 4/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.
Bahawalnagar Plate Class VII Division III (B) 1000 Metres:
Hot Press (Mohammed Shafiq Khan) 9-0 Javed Iqbal 1. Tiger’s Wood 8-9 Faisal Tahir 2. Raad 9-0 Azam Hussain 3. Super Time 8-9 Waqas Sheikh 4.
Also ran: Fine Gold, Sajan Black, Madam Lorina, Silver Baby and Cranbrook Boy.
Won by 1 1/4 L, 2 1/2 L, 3 3/4 L.
Time one minute 6 3/5 seconds.
Winner trained by Choudhry Mohammad Rafiq.
Bahawalnagar Plate Class VII Division III (A) 1000 Metres:
Khan Bahadur (Haji Fazal Hadi) 8-8 Qamar Zaman 1. Rocket 8-2 Shahid Mustafa 2. Time To Lead 8-13 M. Zeeshan 3. Power Plus 8-7 Najam Iqbal 4.
Also ran: Ghabra, Satelite Star, Rehmat Hi Rehmat, Goshie The Great, Noreen-i-Sehar and Capricorn.
Won by 1 3/4 L, 1 L, 1 3/4 L.
Time one minute 5 1/5 seconds.
Winner trained by the owner.
Bahawalnagar Plate Class VII Division II 1000 Metres:
Polo Gambler (M. S. Butt) 8-13 Mohsin Ali 1. Royal Harban 8-4 Abdur Rahim 2. Iram State 9-4 Qamar Zaman 3. Lot Of Thanks 8-8 Javed Choudhry 4.
Also ran: Chungez, Lucky Lass, Star ‘N’ Stripes., Strings, Al trui Princess, Mohni Road, Golden Copy, Silver Sweet and Top Gun.
Won by 4 1/4 L, Short-head, 1/2 L.
Time one minute 4 seconds.
Winner trained by the owner.
Bahawalnagar Plate Class VII Division I 1000 Metres:
Key Guy Princess (Syed Zameer Hussain Shah) 8-4 Qamar Zaman 1. Blue Stone 8-11 Azam Hussain 2. Royal Class 8-7 Abdur Rahim 3. Prince Of Peace 7-10 A. Aziz 4.
Also ran: Sun Of Gold, Sound Master, In Command and White Line.
Won by 8 L, Neck, 2 1/4 L.
Time one minute 3 seconds.
Winner trained by Choudhry Mohammad Siddique.
Bahawalnagar Plate Class VII Division IV (B) 1000 Metres:
Las Pal Mas (Hamza Khan) 8-4 A. Aziz 1. Brown Bomber 8-4 M. Imran 2. Jashn 8-12 Khalil Vicky 3. Golden Time 8-13 Waqas Sheikh 4.
Also ran: New Cannon, Blue Champion, Tulip, King Gondal, Adil Prince and Grey Tide.
Won by Head, 4 L, 3 L.
Time one minute 6 seconds.
Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.
The next Lahore Winter Meeting is scheduled to be held on Sunday.
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