LAHORE, April 17: Rank outsider, three-year-old bay English colt, Brummell, put up a much improved performance, when winning the Neelum Cup run over 1600m during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday. This colt from English sire, Polish Precedent out-of-Fashion, Brummell, beat fancied Laser Lass by over seven lengths. English filly Tortuette finished third, half-a-length behind while Dixie Queen finished fourth about three lengths further behind among only six runners. Owned by Mian Mohammed Ashraf and trained privately by Rashid Latif, the winner was piloted home by the riding boy Faisal Tahir.
He clocked one min 37 4/5 secs over the distance. Earlier in the second race three-year-old bay colt, Fidel Castro ran away with the Spring Cup contested over the sprinting distance of 1200m. He beat Aya Chandiwala by over three lengths. Squash Ball finished third, three-fourth of length further back while Mera Chandiwala completed the board among eight runners.
This was the second successive win of this progeny of Cry For The Clown out-of-Zahid Princess, Fidel Castro, who was bred at the Arbab Stud Farms. Only two firm favourites obliged the punters when a small card of six races was gone through.
The favourites to oblige the punters were 40 to 100 Fidel Castro and 70 to 100 Owais Prince.
The other four events were bagged by those available at long odds. As forecast the sixth and last event of the day turned out to be a free for all. In this event four contestants finished within the distance of about one lengths. So close was the finish that the magic eye of the camera separated them all.
The race was won by a dark horse Double Deal, who beat fancied Fly Over Home, who failed to fly home by a short-head. Daring Bulbul finished a close third after nosing out Lucky Credit Queen to fourth position.
Results
MIAN CHANNU PLATE CLASS VII DIV II 1200m.
Zahoor-i-Sehar (Mohammed Zafar Khan) 9-4 Javed Iqbal 1. Green Hill 9-0 Faisal Tahir 2. Jago 9-0 Azam Hussain 3. My Shanga 8-7 M. Zeeshan 4. Won by 7 L, Neck, 4 3/4 L. Time one min 16 4/5 secs. Winner trained by Muzaffar Khan.
SPRING CUP CLASS V DIV I 1200m.
Fidel Castro (Syed Tasweer Hussain Shah) 9-0 M. Hanif 1. Aya Chandiwala 8-12 Rehman Ali (II) 2. Squash Ball 8-12 Aamar Parvaiz 3. Mera Chandiwala 9-2 Zamir 4. 3 / Won by 3 1/4 L, 3/4 L, 6 L. Time one min 15 secs. Winner trained privately by Sohail Aziz.
SPRING PLATE CLASS V DIV II 1200m.
Well Minister (Mian Mohammed Ashraf) 9-0 Azeem Pervaiz 1. Capaletti 8-6 Faisal Tahir 2. Love Moon 9-0 Aamar Parvaiz 3. Amsterdam 8-11 Anjum 4. Won by 6 L, 3 L, 1 3/4 L. Time one min 16 1/5 secs. Winner
trained privately by Rashid Latif.
HYDERABAD PLATE CLASS IV DIV II 1300m.
Owais Prince (Mohammed Azeem) 9-2 Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. Royal Winner 9-0 Faisal Tahir 2. Sunny Kid 9-0 M. Hanif 3. Brave Majesty 8-10 Bashir Butt 4. Won by 9 L, 3/4 L, Distance. Time one min 20 1/5 secs. Winner trained by Mohammed Afzal. Neelum Cup Class III & IV (For imported horses) 1600m. Brummell (Mian Mohammed Ashraf) 7-10 Faisal Tahir 1. Laser Lass 9-0 Aamar Parvaiz 2. Tortuette 8-6 M. Zeeshan 3. Dixie Queen 8-10 Azeem Pervaiz 4. Won by 7 1/4 L, 1/2 L, 2 3/4 L. Time one min 37 4/5 secs. Winner trained Privately by Rashid Latif.
MIAN CHANU PLATE CLASS VII DIV II & III 1200m.
Double Deal (Umer Riaz) 7-5 Faisal Ali 1. Fly Over Home 8-10 Azam Hussain 3. Lucky Credit Queen 8-8 Tariq Habib 4. Won by Short-head, 3/4 L, short-head. Time one min 18 4/5 secs. Winner trained by Abdur Rashid.
