LAHORE, Dec 11: Fancied three-year-old filly Trace Hit, owned by Khawaja M. Arif, showed her class by winning the Khyber Cup run over 1400 metres at the floodlit Racecourse on Sunday. The hugely built chestnut filly from Trace Creek out-of-Huckitta, Trace Hit ridden by jockey M. Zeeshan and trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar beat bay filly Pawan by over five lengths to her liking.

Joint favourite bay colt Legend also trained by Haji, finished third with High Dream fourth among eight starters.

The winner clocked one minute 28 1/5 seconds over the distance.

Results:

DERA GHAZI KHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIVN II & III 1100m.

Dam Dama Dam (Ch. Riaz-ud-Din) 8-2 M. Zeeshan 1. Billo The Great 7-13 Sajjad Hussain 2. Black Leopard 7-9 Faisal Ali 3. May May 9-0 Shah Nawaz 4.

Won by 6 3/4 L, 3/4 L, 1 L. Time one min 12 2/5 secs.

Winner trained privately by M. Arshad.

DERA GHAZI KHAN PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1100m.

Jan Gee (Rashid Baig) 9-0 Aamar Parvez 1. Tallal The Great 9-0 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Stride To Moment 8-10 M. Hussain 3. Jago 8-6 Khalil Vicky 4.

Won by Neck, 1 3/4 L, 3 1/2 L. Time one min 12 secs. Winner trained privately by Imran.

MIAN CHANNU PLATE CLASS V DIV II 1200m.

Ministry (Mian Mohammad Ashraf) 8-3 Azeem Pervaiz 1. Murad Love 7-12 Shahid Mustafa 2. Dancing Star 8-6 A. Imran 3. Royal Performance 4.

Won by Neck, Neck, 4 L. Time one min 18 secs.

Winner trained privately by Rashid Latif.

MIAN CHANNU PLATE CLASS V DIV I 1200m.

Shatar (Rashid Latif) 9-4 Javaid Iqbal 1. Tim Tom 8-4 M. Zeeshan 2. Blu’s Wendy 8-6 Rehman Ali (II) 3. Mera Chandiwala 7-9 Azhar Hussain 4.

Won by 5 L, 1 3/4 L, Distance. Time one min 15 4/5 secs.

Winner trained by the owner.

KHYBER PLATE CLASS IV DIV III 1400m.

Ghazi Rifle (Shah Shmyl Alam) Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. Green Street 8-7 Azeem Pervaiz 2. Key Guy Doll 8-4 M. Zeeshan 3.Puma’s Princess 9-0 Aamar Parvez 4.

Won by 2 3/4 L, 4 L, 4 3/4 L. Time one min 30 2/5 secs.

Winner trained by Mohammad Afzal.

KHYBER CUP CLASS IV DIV I 1400m.

Trace Hit (Khawaja M. Arif) 7-13 M. Zeeshan 1. Pawan 9-0 Salah-ud-Din (II) 2. Legend 8-2 Aamar Parvez 3. High Dream 8-6 Shahid Mustafa 4.

Won by 5 1/4 L, 5 L, 8 L. Time one min 28 1/5 secs.

Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.

Khyber Plate class IV Div II 1400m.

Puma the Great (Tauheed Manzoor) 8-4 Aamar Parvez 1. Putra’s Lady 7-5 M. Waseem 2. Run And Win 7-11 M. Zeeshan 3. Morning Bird 7-6 Shakeel Mahmood 4.

Won by 1 1/4 L, 1 1/4 L, 5 L. Time one min 30 1/5 secs.

Winner trained privately by Sohail Aziz.

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