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KARACHI, Oct 12: Three-year-old bay colt, Tharkyee, justified his top billing when he won the feature event at the Winter Gymkhana race meeting at Karachi Racecourse on Wednesday.
Ridden by jockey Fahim K he led the pack of nine contestants in a start to finish bid to win the six furlongs last race of the day convincingly by six lengths.
Owned by Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara and trained by Allah Judrio, Tharkyee had emerged victorious in the previous two outings last month.
Finishing second was seven-year-old mare, Birj-Ul-Arab, while three-year-old colt, Arab-Hi-Arab, settled for third place.
Another salient feature of the day was a magnificent double performed by jockey Mohammad Yousuf.
He rode home two winners in back-to-back races to perform the feat. After sprinting home four-year-old colt, Azam The Great, to triumph in the five furlongs third race of the afternoon, he piloted home half-bred Rahil Pearl, in the next.
Trainers, Ghulam Channa and Mansoor Alam also had a satisfying day as their two trained horses apiece emerged triumphant.
Earlier, Raja Sajid Abbasi’s ten-year-old mare, Khush Nazar, won the opening race going over to sprinting distance of five furlongs. Super Time and Taneez settled for the places.
Jockey Ghulam Shabbir II piloted home two-year-old colt, Moj-e-Arab to victory in the second race. Chestnut, Moon Raker, was placed second while filly, Queen Of Mirwa, finished third.
Favourite Order Of The Day, a seven-year-old mare, ran away with the fifth race beating another mare, Sonia, to second place by five lengths.
The sixth race belonged to three-year-old colt, Jawan Bakht, who won the closely fought battle by half a length.
Meanwhile, a lucky punter clinched the jackpot amounting to Rs.92,000.
The next Winter Gymkhana race meeting will be held on Oct 16.
RESULTS:
RIBBON PLATE DIV V & VI 5F
Khush Nazar (Mr. Raja Sajid M. Abbasi) 8-8 Fateh Muhammad 1, Super Time 9-0 M. Amjad 2, Taneez 8-2 Asif Nazir 3, I’M So Happy 8-12 Sohail Ahmed 4. Won by ¾L, 1 ½L, 1 ¼L. Time. 1 min 8 1/5 sec.
Winner trained by Mansoor Alam
NEW PLATE 5F
Moj-e-Arab (Syed Nadeem Anwar) 9-0
Ghulam Shabbir 1, Moon Raker 8-7 Ghous Bux 2, Queen Of Mirwa 7-11 Fahim K 3, Go Piyaray 8-0 Yousuf Ikram 4. Won by ¾L, 9L, 2 1/2L. Time. 1 min 4 1/5 sec.
Winner trained by Ghulam Channa
RIBBON PLATE DIV IV (JACKPOT 1st LEG) 5F
Azam The Great (Mr. M. Mustafa Khan) 9-3 M. Yousuf 1, Choti Dunya 8-2 M. Wasim II 2, Cool Water 8-10 Abdul Aziz 3, She Is Lady 9-1 Dasrat 4. Won by 2 3/4 L, 3L, 1 1/2L. Time. 1 min 6 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by Ghulam Channa
RIBBON PLATE DIV III (JACKPOT 2nd LEG) 5F
Rahil Pearl (Mr. Abdul Sattar) 8-5 M. Yousuf 1, Leo Again 9-5 Muhammad Essa 2, Sweet Mover 8-12 Zaki Zakir 3, First Shot 8-1 Dasrat 4. Won by 2 1/2L, 1 ¼ L, Neck. Time. 1 min 6 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by Mansoor Alam
RIBBON PLATE DIV II (JACKPOT 3rd LEG) 5F
Order Of The Day (Mr. Tariq Majeed) 8-9 M. Wasim II 1, Sonia 8-6 Sheraz Ahmed 2, Silent Angel 8-6 Abdul Aziz 3, Midnight Moonlight 7-13 Ghous Bux 4. Won by 5L, 2L, 2 1/2L. Time. 1 min 5 2/5 sec.
Winner trained by Mansoor Alam
RIBBON PLATE DIV I (JACKPOT 4th LEG) 5L
Jawan Bakht (Mr. Yayha Shahid/Mr. Faraz Shahid) 8-7 Kashif Qamar 1, Gullu’s Government 9-0 Riaz Muhammad 2, Miss Maree 8-13 Fahim K 3, Sweet Grandy 7-6 Zaki Zakir 4. Won by 1/2 L, 1 1/2L, 1 ¼ L. Won by 1 min 4 3/5 sec
Winner trained by Tanveer Abbasi
ARZOO PLATE DIV I & II (JACKPOT 5th LEG) 6F
Tharkyee (Shah Mardan Shah Pir Pagara) 7-8 Fahim K 1, Birj-Ul-Arab 9-1 M. Kashif 2, Arab-Hi-Arab 8-8 M. Yousuf 3, Countess Mah Again 7-10 M. Amjad 4. Won by 6L, 3/4L, S. Head. Time. 1 min 17 sec.
Winner trained by Allah Judrio.
