LAHORE, April 10: Five-year-old English mare, Ranny, proved worth her name when she ran away with the PIA 777 Super Jet Pakistan Cup run over 1600m during the 32nd Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday.
Since it was a partly cloudy day which made the weather tolerable and drew a large number of race-fans to attended races.
Ridden by jockey Salah-ud-Din II and trained by Sohail Aziz, the long shot Ranny, defeated odds-on favourite English horse Al Hattab by one and three quarter of a length.
Bay English filly, I ‘M’ Dancing finished third, another seven lengths behind while Moment Of Love completed the frame, two lengths further back.
In all, eight ran for the event, a term race for four-year-old and above Pakistani and imported animals.
Ranny, ran a better race than her stablemate Golden Drift, who ran off the board.
This had become clear prior to the race as when Golden Drift came in the paddock her condition was not looking well. Golden Drift is also trained by Sohail Aziz and was ridden by jockey M. Hanif.
Jockey Salah-ud-Din II and the riding boy, Azhar Hussain and trainer Sohail Aziz shared the racing honours.
Salahuddin rode Victory Road and Ranny, Azhar Hussain brought in Fidel Castro and Jago.
Sohail Aziz sent out three winners, Fidel Castro, Ranny and Jago. The Lahore Race Club (LRC) stewards cancelled the fourth race due to lack of runners.
Results:
SHAHDARA PLATE CLASS V DIV II 1000m.
Squash Ball (Rashid Baig) 8-13 Nazir Ahmad 1. Well Minister 8-12 M. Hanif 2. Dumbo 8-12 Azam Hussain 3.Eid 9-0 Faisal Tahir 4.
Wonby 2 1/4 L, 4 3/4 L, 1 1/2 L. Time one min 3 secs. Winner trained by the owner.
SHAHDARA PLATE CLASS V DIV I & II 1000m.
Fidel Castro (Syed Tasweer Hussain Shah) 7-8 Azhar Hussain 1. Aya Chandiwala 8-10 Rehman Ali (II) 2. Puma The Great 9-0 M. Hussain 3. Happy Mayla 7-12 M. Hanif 4.
Wonby 3 L, 6 3/4 L, 1 1/4 L. Time one min 1 4/5 secs.
Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
MURIDKE PLATE CLASS IV DIV III 1200m.
Druree (javed Khalid) 9-0 Azam Hussain 1. Royal Performance 9-2 Rehman Ali (II) 2. On On 8-0 M. Hanif 3. Daizy Gold 7-10 Azhar Hussain 4.
Wonby Distance, 1 3/4 L, 1 3/4 L. Time one min 16 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Javaid Shirazi.
Muridke Plate Class IV Div II 1400m.
(The race was cancelled by LRC stewards prior to its running for anticipated lack of competition).
MURIDKE PLATE CLASS IV DIV I 1400m
Victory Road (Sohrab Khan) 9-4 Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. Pawan 7-12 Azhar Hussain 2. Young Emperor 7-12 M. Hanif 3. Baker Lard 8-10 Aamar Parvaiz 4.
Wonby 5 L, Neck, Neck. Time one min 27 secs. Winner trained by Mian Abdul Majeed.
PIA 777 SUPER JET PAKISTAN CUP. A TERM RACE FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD PAKISTANI AND FOREIGN HORSES. 1600m.
Ranny (Syed Tasweer Hussain Shah) 8-11 Salah-ud-Din (II) 1.Al Hattab 9-0 Aamar Parvaiz 2. I ‘M’ Dancing 8-11 Faisal Tahir 3. Moment Of Love 8-7 A. Aziz 4.
Wonby 1 3/4 L, 6 3/4 L, 2 L. Time one min 36 4/5 secs. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.
SHOR KOT PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1000m.
Love Moon (Rashid Latif) 9-0 Aamar Parvaiz 1. Zahoor-i-Shan 9-0 Majid Khan 2. My Shanga 8-6 A. Aziz 3. Aishwarya 8-6 Faisal Tahir 4.
Wonby 4 L, 1 1/4 L, 3/4 L. Time one min 3 1/5 secs. Winner trained by the owner.
SHOR KOT PLATE CLASS VII DIV II & III 1000m.
Jago (Wajid Ali Khan) 8-12 Azhar Hussain 1. Fly Over Home 8-6 M. Waseem 2. Oscar 8-12 S. Ammad 3. Daring Bulbul 9-1 Faisal Tahir 4.
Won by 5 L, short-head, I L. Time one min 4 1/5 secs. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.