June 9, 2003	Monday	Rabi-us-Sani 8, 1424

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LAHORE, June 8: The bay English filly Laser Lass established her superiority in class by winning the Tarbela Textile Mill Cup run over 1200 metres during the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Sunday.

This was the filly’s fifth victory in-a-row and the third in class I, II and III combined handicap races.

Ridden by her regular partner in the saddle, jockey Salah-ud- Din (II), Laser Lass’ fight turned out to be not much of a battle at all.

She rallied from the rails into the home stretch to gain the advantage and defeated Gambling Girl by seven lengths easily. Fair Play finished third while Feel The Freedom completed the frame among 12 starters.

Trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar the filly runs in the silks of Mohammad Umar Butt, who is rarely seen at races. This was the seventh race of a card of eight races decided in the afternoon.

Riding boy A. Aziz met with a tremendous success when he stole the limelights by riding home three winner to complete a hat trick of victories. He sailed in Strings, Puma King and Honest Bird in the second, third and fourth race, respectively.

Jockey Azeem Pervaiz had the distinction of scoring a double through Shah Kam and Catch All in the sixth and eighth race, respectively.

Azeem’s joy, however, proved short lived because he was held guilty of in-and-out running of his mount Shah Kam and suspended for 15 days alongwith a fine of rupees 5000. Shah Kam had finished among also ran on Sunday last.

Trainers Haji Fazal Hadi and Tanveer Aslam saddled two winners each.

Hadi sent in Minnie Me and Strings in the opener and second race while Tanveer Aslam saddled Shah Kam and Catch All in the sixth and eighth and last event of the card.

Four favourites obliged the punters while four long shots won in the eight-race card.

Meanwhile, in a related development, an overwhelming majority of race-goers on Sunday voted in favour of continuing races despite rising heat in Lahore.

In response to a questionare issued by the Lahore Race Club (LRC) inviting their suggestion as to whether races be suspended for six weeks in view of the sizzling heat wave in the provincial metropolis of the Punjab, the majority favoured to continue races.

Results:

Pak Pattan Plate Class VII Div V 800m.

Minnie Me (Makhdoom Ali Raza Shah) 8-6 Parvez Bhatty 1. Blessed 7-8 M. Alam 2. Sweet Victory 9-4 Mujahid Ali (II) 3. Blue Champion 8-7 Azhar Hussain 4.

Won by 2 L, 2 3/4 L, 1 3/4 L. Time one minute 51 1/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Fazal Hadi.

Pak Pattan Plate Class VII Div IV 800m.

Strings (Ghulam Abbas) 8-8 A. Aziz 1. Malook Star 7-11 M. Jehangir 2. Venture Maid 8-13 Khalil Vikky 3. Nazakat 8-13 Nazir Ahmad 4.

Won by 2 1/2 L, 1 3/4 L, 1 L. Time one min 51 1/5 secs. Winner trained by Haji Fazal Hadi.

Pak Pattan Plate Class VII Div III 1000m.

Puma King (Tauheed Manzoor) 8-12 A. Aziz 2. Final Count Down 7-12 Nazir Ahmad 2. Fifty Six Fifty Six 7-8 M. Jehangir 3. Rocket 9-0 Khurrum Sheikh 4.

Won by Short-head, 1 3/4 L, 1 L. Time one min 5 secs. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.

Pak Pattan Plate Class VII Div II 1000m.

Honest Bird (Sohrab Khan) 8-3 A. Aziz 1. King Of Bhakkar 8-5 M. Nawaz (II) 2. Sun Of Gold 9-0 Javaid Iqbal 3. Dhandhana 8-11 Azam Hussain 4.

Won by 3 L, 3 L, 1/2 L. Time one min 3 1/5 secs. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.

Pak Pattan Plate Class VII Div I 1000m.

Imagine Iff (Mohammad Hanif) 8-13 Iqbal Khan 1. Hunza 8-2 Khalil Vicky 2. Royal Strength 9-1 Majid Khan 3. Fair Boy 9-0 M. Kashif 4.

Won by 1/2 L, 3 L, Neck. Time one min 4 1/5 secs. Winner trained by Raja Tehmasab Khan.

Chicha Watni Plate Class V Div II 1000m.

Shah Kam (Zaheer Aslam) 8-8 Azeem Pervaiz 1. Aechoo 7-12 Nazir Ahmad 2. Royal Harban 8-2 Parvaiz Bhatty 3. Set A Fire 9-0 Tehseen Hussain 4.

Won by 3/4 L, 6 L, 2 1/2 L. Time one min 3 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Tanveer Aslam.

Tarbela Textile Mill Cup Class I, II & III 1200M.

Laser Lass (Mohammad Umar Butt) 9-1 Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. Gambling Girl 7-13 F. Qamar 2. Fair Play 8-2 A. Aziz 3. Feel The Freedom 8-1 Tehseen Hussain 4.

Won by 7 L, 1 1/2 L, 2 1/4 L. Time one min 14 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.

Hari Pur Plate Class IV Div I & II 1000m.

Catch All (Zaheer Aslam) 8-7 Azeem Pervaiz 1. Zargar 8-7 Javaid Iqbal 2. Kargil Tiger 9-0 Shahid Hussain 3. Flame 7-9 M. Jehangir 4.

Won by 1 L, 2 L, Neck. Time one min 2 4/5 secs. Winner trained by Tanveer Aslam.