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| July 7, 2003 | Monday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 6,1424 |
Favourites fail to oblige punters at weekend races
LAHORE, July 6: Punters suffered heavy losses when only one firm favourite obliged them in a card of six during the Lahore Gymkhana races at the Racecourse on Sunday.
The single favourite to oblige backers of favourites was the three-year-old bay colt Amazing, who won the fifth and supporting event run over 1000m.
Fighting a neck-to-neck battle with dark-bay colt Puma King, Amazing defeated him by half-a-length finally.
Morning Noor and King’s Way completed the board among eleven runners left after the last-minute withdrawal of Hunza and Birju.
The punters rout began right from the opener in which three to one Blue Champion landed the spoils defeating Narala by one- and-a-half lengths.
Fancied Easy Come Easy Go finished third three-fourth of a length further behind while Barbara ran fourth, five lengths further away.
Three-year-old bay colt Gun Salute, backed at 3 to 1 scored his maiden victory in the second race. He defeated fancied Royal Victory by five lengths. Gun Salute had finished off the frame in his previous outing on Sunday last.
Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards questioned jockey M. Imran, who rode the colt that day and not being satisfied with his explanation they suspended him from riding for 15 days and also fined rupees five thousands for his unsatisfactory riding.
Chestnut filly Las Pal Mas caused a big upset in the third race defeating joint favourites Final Count Down and Fifty Six Fifty Six to second and third position, respectively.
Bay colt Dhandhana won the fourth race beating Sun Of Gold and Dancing Margina in the same order. Fancied Little Master could hardly finish on the board.
Long shot bay mare Burn Heart proved her class when she outpaced her 15 rivals to win the feature event run over 1000 metres. Ridden smartly by jockey Salah-ud-Din II, Burn Heart running abreast of the field won by over four lengths from fancied King Of Bhakkar. Better Case and Show Counting completed the board among 16 runners. Bay colt Set A Fire , who was also backed, fractured a leg during the race and finished among also ran.
Results:
Kharian Plate Class VII Div V 900m
Blue Champion (Junaid Anwar) 8-1 Azhar Hussain 1. Narala 7-6 Iqbal Khan 2. Easy Come Easy Go 8-1 Shahid Mustafa 3. Barbara 7-4 Nazir Ahmad 4.
Won by 1 1/2 L, 3/4 L, 5 L. Time 57 4/5 ses. Winner trained privately by Raja Tehmasab Khan.
Kharian Plate Class VII Div IV 900m.
Gun Salute (Mian Hamid Mahmood) 8-5 Shahid Mustafa 1. Royal Victory 8-12 Shahid Rehman 2. Bone Crusher 8-13 M. Hussain 3. Blessed 7-10 Azam Hussain 4.
Won by 5 L, 2 3/4 L, 3/4 L. Time 56 3/5 secs. Winner trained privately by Khurrum Hussain.
Kharian Plate Class VII Div III 900m.
Las Pal Mas (Tahir Mahmood) 8-7 M. Jehangir 1. Final Count Down 8-3 A. Imran 2. Fifty Six Fifty Six 8-3 A. Aziz 3. Victorious 8-10 Salah-ud-Din (II) 4.
Won by 3 3/4 L, Neck, 1/2 L. Time 57 3/5 secs. Winner trained privately by Mohammad Fareed.
Kharian Plate Class VII Div II 1000m.
Dhandhana (Sajid Ali Cheema) 8-2 Azam Hussain 1. Sun Of Gold 8-13 Kamran 2. Dancing Margina 8-2 Nazir Ahmad 3. Little Master 9-0 A. Imran 4.
Won by 8 L, 3 3/4 L, 2 L. Time one min 3 seconds. Winner trained privately by Zahid Khan.
Kharian Plate Class VII Div I 1000m.
Amazing (Nayyar Sheikh) 8-12 Mubarik Ali 1. Puma King 9-1 A. Aziz 2. Morning Noor 8-4 Faisal Tahir 3. King’s Way 9-0 Mohsin Ali 4.
Won by 1/2 L, Distance, 6 3/4 L. Time one min 4 secs. Winner trained by Mohammad Bashir.
Rahim Yar Khan Plate Class V Div I & II 1000m.
Burn Heart (Arif Gulzar) 9-6 Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. King Of Bhakkar8-4 A. Imran 2. Better Case 9-6 Mujahid Ali (II) 3. Show Counting 7-4 M. Jehangir 4.
Won by 4 1/2 L, 1 L, 7 1/2 L. Time one min 2 4/5 secs. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.
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