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| April 3, 2003 | Thursday | Muharram 30, 1424 |
Aziz and Afzal excel with splendid double
LAHORE, April 2: Fancied dark-bay colt Royal Class, running very impressively, registered an easy success in the feature event of the mid-week Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Wednesday.
Backed confidently as an even-money favourite, Royal Class showed remarkable speed to win by about two lengths from the long shot roan White Line. Aged gelding Morning Noor finished third another two lengths behind while Polo Gambler completed the frame, three lengths further behind. In all, 12 ran after the last-minute withdrawal of Thank You Boss, Prince Of Peace and Weldon Shogun from the race. The winner piloted by A. Aziz and trained by Mohammad Afzal clocked one minute 16 4/5 seconds on the dusty track.
Royal Class had finished a miserable third in his previous outing on March 22 under jockey Abdur Rahim. The owner had then complained to the Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards that in his view Abdur Rahim did not ride the colt on merit. Today’s running confirmed the owner’s plea and the stewards suspended Abdur Rahim’s licence for three months. This was the fifth race in racing order.
A race earlier, Royal Harban romped home to narrowly beat Iram State by three-fourth of a length in the supporting event. Fancied Khan Bahadur and Dancing Margina completed the frame among 10 runners.
The stewards suspended the licence of riding boy Vicky Ghaman for one month for his unsatisfactory riding on Madam Lorina in the opener. They also stopped entries of the mare in races for the same period.
They also fined rider Faisal Tahir rupees five thousand (Rs 5000) for in-and-out running of the bay mare Mohni Road and severely warned him for his future riding. Mohni Road ran unplaced on March 26 under Faisal Tahir while she won hands down on Wednesday.
Rider A. Aziz excelled in the saddle when he rode home a brace of winners— Royal Harban and Royal Class—in the fourth and fifth race. Both his mounts were saddled by trainer Mohammad Afzal. The most impressive winner of the afternoon was the bay Brown Bomber. Owned by Malik Riaz Shahid and trained by Tauqeer Ahmad. the odds-on favourite Brown Bomber was piloted by M. Imran from a cluster of five chasers but he fought off their challenge bravely to beat stablemate Shaiman by over a length.
Three favourites and two second favourites obliged in a card of six events. All races were contested over the sprinting distance of 1200 metres.
Following are the results:
KOT LAKHPAT PLATE CLASS VII DIV III-B 1200M:
Gently (Shahid Mahmood) 8-10 Nazir Ahmad 1, Raad 9-1 Azam Hussain 2, Tiger’s Wood 8-13 Qasim Shah 3, Malook Star 8-12 Majid Khan 4.
Also ran: Noreen-i-Sehar, Super Time, Madam Lorina, Lovely Diana, Cranbrook Boy and Home Maid.
Won by 4L, 1 3/4L, 1L. Time 1 min 19 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Haji Badar.
KOT LAKHPAT PLATE CLASS VII DIV III 1200M
Waseem’s Love (Munir Ahmad Dar) 9-0 Khalil Vicky 1, Final Count Down 9-0 Shahzad 2, Sweet Victory 8-5 Majid Khan 3, Ghabra 8-12 Mohsin Ali 4.
Also ran: Hunza, Fly Over Home and Rehmat Hi Rehmat.
Won by 6L, 5 1/4L, 1 1/2L. Time min 18 2/5 sec. Winner trained privately by Manzoor Ahmad.
KOT LAKHPAT PLATE CLASS VII DIV II-B 1200M Mohni Road (Aleem-ud-Din) 8-5 M. Nawaz (II) 1. Bone Crusher 8-10 Mohsin Ali 2. Hot Press 8-10 Javed Iqbal 3. Silver Sweet 8-0 A. Aziz 4.
Also ran: Win Dancer, Faheem Choice, Strings, All At Sea and Top Gun.
Won by 5L, 1 1/2L, 7L. Time 1 min 18 1/5 sec. Winner trained privately by the owner.
KOT LAKHPAT PLATE CLASS VII DIV II-A 1200M:
Royal Harban (Makhdoomzada Hasan Raza) 8-8 A. Aziz 1, Iram State 9-5 Mohsin Ali 2, Khan Bahadur 8-8 Majid Khan 3, Dancing Margina 9-0 Shahzad 4.
Also ran: Lucky Credit Queen, Knock First, Honey Harvest, Speed Gun, Nature’s Splendour and Star ‘N’ Stripes.
Won by 3/4 L, 5 3/4L, 1 1/2L. Time 1 mim. 18 2/5 sec. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.
KOT LAKHPAT CLASS VII DIV I 1200M:
Royal Class (Makhdoom Ali Raza) 8-8 A. Aziz 1, White Line 7-4 Shahzad Ahmad 2, Morning Noor 8-8 Shahid Mustafa 3, Polo Gambler 9-1 Mohsin Ali 4.
Also ran: Lucky Bailiff, Sun Of Gold, Sky Hawk, Present Queen, Choti Dunya, King Of Field, Sound Master and Velvet Green.
Won by 1 3/4L, 2 1/4L, 2 3/4L. Time 1 min 16 4/5 sec. Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.
KOT LAKHPAT PLATE CLASS VII DIV IV 1200M Brown Bomber (Malik Riaz Shahid) 7-6 M. Imran 1, Shaiman 8-2 Faisal 2, Silver Baby 9-0 M. Nawaz (II) 3, Blue Champion 7-4 Javed Iqbal 4.
Also ran: Aao Payar Se, Blessed, Royal Arrow, Papa Jan and Nasima Jan.
Won by 1 1/4L, 1/2L, 1 1/2L. Time 1 min 20 1/5 sec. Winner trained by Tauqeer Ahmad.
The next Lahore Winter Meeting is scheduled for Sunday (April 6).
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