LAHORE, April 8: A small but competitive card of only five events  has  been chalked out for the midweek Lahore Gymkhana races to be held at the Racecourse on Wednesday.

All races will be contested over the sprinting distance of 1000m.

The Sahiwal Plate, class VII division I has the biggest field of 15 runners barring last-minute withdrawals.

Of them three look to be on chance. They are: top weight Blue Stone, Mohni Road and White Line. Five-year-old roan horse White line, who ran second behind Royal Class on April 2 last is well-placed in the handicap and should pick up the spoils.

In doing so he will be facing some challenge from speedy Blue Stone and in-form Mohni Road. This will be the fifth and last race of the day.

In the supporting and fourth event , the Sahiwal Plate class VII division II, ten runners are taking part, if there are no last-minute  withdrawals.

 This seems a battle between  two consistent performers Lucky Credit Queen and Khan Bahadur, who should decide about the winner. Both stand a good chance on handicap and the skill of man in the saddle will be the deciding factor.

Eleven acceptors have been left-in after the scratchings. In this race Las Pal Mas and Brown Bomber, who have registered a win each on previous outings, will be going to make it two in-a-row. The handicap gives an edge to Brown Bomber owned by Malik Riaz Shahid, who loves to see his horses in the winner’s box.

Because of less number of entries only five events have been carded for the afternoon programme, the first to start at 2.30pm.

The following are the fields and our selections.

Sahiwal Plate Class VII Div IV (B) 1000m:

Jashn 9-0 Royal Arrow 8-13 Golden Time 8-9 Blue Champion 8-6 Grey Tide 8-0 Papa Jan 7-11 and Majestic Prince 7-10.

Win: Jashn. Place: Golden Time and Royal Arrow.

Sahiwal Plate Class VII Div IV (A) 1000m:

Super Land 9-4 Naureen-i-Sehar 9-2 Silver Baby 9-1 Super Time 9-0 Canopy 9-0 Lovely Diana 8-13 Cranbrook Boy 8-13 Aao Payar Se 8-9 Seven Spades 8-6 Shaiman 8-5 Blessed 8-1 and Roccoco 8-0.

Win: Roccoco. Place: Blessed and Super Time.

Sahiwal Plate Class VII Div III 1000ms:

Time To Lead 9-0 Mr Bond 8-13 Raad 8-11 Hunza 8-6 Tiger’s Wood 8-6 Rocket 8-6 Fly Over Home 8-3 Las Pal Mas 7-12 Brown Bomber 7-12 Sun Dance 7-8 and Home Maid 7-4.

Win: Brown Bomber. Place: Las Pal Mas and Rocket.

Sahiwal Plate Class VII Div II 1000m:

Gun Salute 9-0 Star-i-Sehar 9-0 Lover Man 9-0 Knock First 9-0 Lucky Credit Queen 8-11 Khan Bahadur 8-10 Qandhar 8-9 Noor Mahal 8-9 Win Dancer 8-4 and Star ‘N’ Stripes 8-4.

Win: Lucky Credit Queen. Place: Khan Bahadur and Qandhar.

Sahiwal Plate Class VII Div I 1000m:

Blue Stone 9-1 Morning Noor 8-8 Sun Of Gold 8-8 Mohni Road 8-4 Little Master 8-3 Al Ameer 8-2 Jati Sati 8-2 Choti Dunya 7-11 Sky Hawk 7-11 Iram State 7-8 White Line 7-7 Velvet Green 7-6 and Rajistan 7-4.

Win: White Line. Place: Blue Stone and Mohni Road.