March 20, 2006	Monday	Safar 19, 1427

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LAHORE, March 19: Four-year-old bay English colt, Banzine, put up a smashing performance under jockey M. Hanif to win the Eclipse Stakes Of Pakistan run over 2,000 metres during the Lahore Winter Meeting at the Racecourse on Sunday. Banzine took up the running after the final turn into the straight and from that moment the race was his. He outpaced Brummel by five lengths easily.

This was Sohail Aziz trained colt’s third victory in-a-row. Golden Drift and Ponente completed the frame.

Banzine was confidently backed by connections at 80 to 100 favourite. The winner clocked two minutes 5 1/5 over the distance.

Bay mare, Freedom Dancer, won the Pepsi Cup run over 1,600 metres. She beat Trace Kim, who nosed out Sher-i-Gujrat by a neck while Fidel Castro completed the frame in photo-finish.

Toru Khan, lived upto his star billing when he won the sixth race by a distance from Putra’s Lady. Puma The Great and Red Hot Fire completed the board.

Three-year-old bay filly Ferrari made amends for her defeat last Sunday and won the second race.

Jockey M. Hanif highlighted Sunday’s races by bringing home a brace of winners. He piloted home Ferrari in the second race and Banzine in the seventh. Trainer Haji Ghulam Sarwar sent out two winners, Ferrari and Toru Khan.

Results:

MANSEHRA PLATE CLASS VII DIV I 1100M

Bosra Sham (Munir Ahmad Dar) 8-0 Anjum 1. Major Rana 8-2 Shahid Mustafa 2. Wendy Trace 9-0 Sajjad Hussain 3. Savera 8-2 Khalil Vicky 4.

Won by 2 L, 1 1/2 L, 2 1/2 L. Time one minute 10 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Manzoor Ahmad.

SIBBI PLATE CLASS V DIV II 1300M

Ferrari (Shoaib Tariq) 8-10 M. Hanif 1. Cobbler 8-10 M. Zeeshan 2. Owais Star 8-10 Azam Hussain 3. Trump Coup 8-11 Shakeel Mahmood 4.

Won by 4 1/2 L, 3/4 L, 3 1/4 L. Time one minute 23 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.

SIBBI PLATE CLASS V DIV I-B 1300M

Zardan (N.H. Sohni) 8-10 Shahid Rehman 1. Queen Of Saba 8-10 M. Hanif 2. Love Moon 8-11 Shahid Mustafa 3. Eye Of The Tiger 8-10 A. Imran 4.

Won by 2 1/4 L, 1/2 L, Neck. Time one minute 22 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Azhar Ali.

SIBBI PLATE CLASS V DIV I-A 1300M

Shahpur Pride (Atif Yar Tiwana) 8-10 A. Aziz 1. Royal Power 8-12 Shahid Rehman 2. Grey Swallow 8-7 Faisal Ali 3. Puma’s Princess 8-10 4.

Won by 3 1/2 L, 5 1/2 L, 3 1/2 L. Time one minute 21 3/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Fazal Hadi.

KOHAT PLATE CLASS IV DIV III 1600M

Hatam (S. Iftikhar Ali) 8-10 Salah-ud-Din (II) 1. Total Surprise 8-10 Shahid Rehman 2. Big Bird 9-2 Shakeel Mahmood 3. Royal Destiny 7-8 Vicky Gaman 4.

Won by Head, Neck, Distance. Time one minute 44 seconds.

KOHAT PLATE CLASS IV DIV II 1600M

Toru Khan (Huzaifa Shoaib) 7-8 M. Zeeshan 1. Putra’s Lady 8-0 Sajjad Hussain 2. Puma The Great 9-0 A. Imran 3. Red Hot Fire 8-8 Shakeel Mahmood 4.

Won by Distance, 1 1/4 L, Neck. Time one minute 41 2/5 seconds. Winner trained by Haji Ghulam Sarwar.

AQUAFINA ECLIPSE STAKES OF PAKISTAN FOR CLASS III HORSES 2000M

Banzine (Syed Tasweer Hussain Shah) 9-1 M. Hanif 1. Brummel 9-3 Azeem Pervaiz 2. Golden Drift 9-5 Salah-ud-Din (II) 3. Ponente 8-8 A. Aziz 4.

Won by 5 L, 1 1/2 L, 1 3/4 L. Time two minutes 5 1/5 second. Winner trained by Sohail Aziz.

PEPSI CUP CLASS IV DIV I 1600M

Freedom Dancer (Hamza Khan) 9-4 Shahid Mustafa 1. Trace Kim 7-8 M. Hanif 2. Sher-i-Gujrat 9-4 A. Imran 3. Fidel Castro 8-0 Salah-ud-Din (II) 4.

Won by 3 L, Neck, Head. Time one minute 41 seconds. Winner trained by Amjad Ali II.