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| July 6, 2005 | Wednesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 28, 1426 |
Night Beauty storms home to five-length triumph
LAHORE, July 5: Four-year-old filly, Night Beauty,stormed home to win the feature event during the postponed Lahore Summer Meeting of the new Lahore Racing Calendar 2005-06 at the Racecourse on Tuesday.
The filly from Yasoob Again out-of-Native Tune defeated her half-brother Safe And Sound by five clear lengths.
Pawan finished third half-a-length back while My Own Job completed the frame among nine runners.
The winner clocked one min 1 2/5 secs over the sprinting distance of 1000m.
Owned by Khawaja M. Arif and trained by Mubarik Ali, the filly was ridden by jockey M. Zeeshan.
This was the class four handicap race and the seventh and last of the card.
Races were scheduled to be held on Sunday last but were postponed to Tuesday because of rains in the city. A race earlier Morning Bird surprised the race-goers when winning the supporting event over 1000m.
He beat fancied Persian Bold by 1 1/2 lengths, who nosed out Lucky Mayla on the finishing line by a short-head verdict.
The best performance of the day came from five-year-old Jia Jee, who won the fourth race by a distance in an immaculate running.
Green Hill came staggering behind while Little Hut finished third. Mera Chandiwala completed the board among eleven runners left in the field after the last-minute withdrawal of Over Trick.
Jia Jee clocked one min 2 1/5 secs over the 1000m distance.
The opener was won by Princess Afaq, who ran a classic race from start to finish, defeating Bird Fly by a distance.
The race-goers braved muggy weather when a card of seven races was gone through, all events were decided over 1000m.
Results.
CHITRAL PLATE CLASS II & III 1000m.
Princess Afaq (Choudhry Mohammad Riaz) 8-6 Azhar Hussain 1. Bird Fly 9-0 Faisal Ali 2. Nawa-i-Sahar 7-12 Shahzad Saeed 3. Beautiful Bee 7-4 Nazir Ahmad 4. Won by Distance, 1 1/2 L, 7 L. Time one min 3 4/5 secs. Winner trained by Mohammad Rafiq.
CHITRAL PLATE CLASS VII DIV I-B 1000m.
Bahar-i-Bhakkar (Mohammad Azeem) 8-2 Parvez Bhatty 1. Owais Dream 8-6 Bashir Butt 2. Morning Star 8-6 Faisal Ali 3. Kosay Kaza 8-2 M. Jehangir 4. Won by 1 1/2 L, 3 3/4 L, 2 L. Time one min 5 4/5 secs. Winner trained by M. Afzal.
CHITRAL PLATE CLASS VII DIV I-A 1000m.
Jago (Wajid Ali Khan) 8-11 Azam Hussain 1. Russian Rythym 8-2 Faisal Tahir 2. Bright And Early 8-6 M. Waseem 3. My Shanga 9-0 Sajjad Hussain 4.
Won by 1 L, 3 L, 4 1/2 L. Time one min 4 2/5 secs. Winner trained by S. Aziz.
Kharian Plate Class V Div II 1000m.
Jia Jee (Umar Riaz) 8-2 Sajjad Hussain 1. Green Hill 9-2 Shakeel Mahmood 2. Little Hut 9-2 M. Zeeshan 3. Mera Chandiwala 8-10 4. Won by Distance, 1 1/4 L, 8 1/2 L. Time one min 2 1/5 secs. Winner trained by Abdur Rashid.
KHARIAN PLATE CLASS V DIV I 1000m.
Silver Queen (M. R. Raza) 9-3 Javed Iqbal 1. Bone Crusher 8-13 Aamar Parvaiz 2. Daisy Gold 8-9 Tariq Habib 3. Royal Performance 8-0 Azam Hussain 4. Won by 3/4 L, 1 3/4 L, 2 1/4 L. Time one min 3 3/5 secs. Winner trained by Mian Javaid.
KALABAGH PLATE CLASS IV DIV III 1000m.
Morning Bird (M. Arshad) 8-0 Faisal Ali 1. Persian Bold 9-0 Faisal Tahir 2. Lucky Mayla 7-12 Parvaiz Bhatty 3. High Dream 9-2 Tariq Habib 4. Won by 1 1/2 L, short-head, 1 1/2 L. Time one min 3 4/5 sec. Winner trained by the owner.
KALABAGH PLATE CLASS IV I & II 1000m.
Night Beauty (Khawaja M. Arif) 7-8 M. Zeeshan 1. Safe And Sound 7-13 Javaid Iqbal 2. Pawan 8-6 Azhar Hussain 3. My Own job 7-7 Faisal Tahir 4. Won by 5 L, 1/2 L, 1 1/4 L.
Time one min 1 2/5 secs. Winner trained by Mubarik Ali.
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